Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2019-17266 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
libsoup Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | Gnome Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU29240
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17266
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing NTLM messages in soup_ntlm_parse_challenge() function in soup-auth-ntlm.c. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted NTLM message to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer over-read and read sensitive data from system memory.
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Vulnerable software versionslibsoup: 2.65.1 - 2.68.0
External linkshttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=941912
http://github.com/Kirin-say/Vulnerabilities/blob/master/CVE-2019-17266_POC.md
http://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/commit/88b7dff4467f4151afae244ea7d1223753cd05ab
http://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/commit/f8a54ac85eec2008c85393f331cdd251af8266ad
http://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/issues/173
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17266
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4152-1/
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1705054.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.