Infinite loop in libsoup - CVE-2024-52532

 

Infinite loop in libsoup - CVE-2024-52532

Published: November 13, 2024 / Updated: May 29, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU100446
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52532
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when reading WebSocket data. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


Affected software

libsoup
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
PowerStore 500T
PowerStore 1000T
PowerStore 1200T
PowerStore 3000T
PowerStore 3200Q
PowerStore 3200T
PowerStore 5000T
PowerStore 5200T
PowerStore 7000T
PowerStore 9000T
PowerStore 9200T
PowerStoreT OS
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
libsoup2.4-1 (Ubuntu package)
libsoup-3.0-0 (Ubuntu package)
libsoup2.4 (Ubuntu package)
libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-32bit
libsoup-2_4-1-32bit
libsoup-lang
libsoup-debugsource
libsoup-2_4-1
typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4
libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo
libsoup-devel
libsoup (Red Hat package)
libsoup-doc
libsoup
libsoup-help
libsoup-debuginfo
libsoup2-devel
libsoup2-debugsource
libsoup2-devel-32bit
libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-debuginfo
libsoup2-lang
libsoup-2_4-1-64bit
libsoup2-devel-64bit
libsoup-2_4-1-64bit-debuginfo
libsoup-2.4-1 (Ubuntu package)
mingw-libsoup
libsoup-3_0-0-64bit
typelib-1_0-Soup-3_0
libsoup-3_0-0
libsoup-3_0-0-debuginfo
libsoup-3_0-0-32bit-debuginfo
libsoup-3_0-0-32bit
libsoup-devel-32bit
libsoup-3_0-0-64bit-debuginfo
libsoup-devel-64bit
libsoup3
libsoup3-debuginfo
libsoup3-debugsource
libsoup3-devel
libsoup3-help
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container

How to mitigate CVE-2024-52532

Install updates from vendor's website.

libsoup - update to 3.6.1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - addressed in versions 7.0.540, 8.321
libsoup2.4-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2.70.0-1ubuntu0.1, 2.74.2-3ubuntu0.1
libsoup-3.0-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 3.4.4-5ubuntu0.1, 3.6.0-2ubuntu0.1
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - addressed in versions 1.3.4, 1.4.2
libsoup2.4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.3+esm4, 2.62.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm5
libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-32bit - update to 2.62.2-5.12.1
libsoup-2_4-1-32bit - addressed in versions 2.62.2-5.12.1, 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup-lang - addressed in versions 2.62.2-5.12.1, 2.68.4-150200.4.3.1, 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.62.2-5.12.1, 2.68.4-150200.4.3.1, 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup-2_4-1 - addressed in versions 2.62.2-5.12.1, 2.68.4-150200.4.3.1, 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4 - addressed in versions 2.62.2-5.12.1, 2.68.4-150200.4.3.1, 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.62.2-5.12.1, 2.68.4-150200.4.3.1, 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup-devel - addressed in versions 2.62.2-5.12.1, 2.68.4-150200.4.3.1, 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.62.3-6.el8_10, 2.72.0-8.el9_5.2
libsoup-doc - update to 2.62.3-6.0.1
libsoup-devel - update to 2.62.3-6.0.1
libsoup - update to 2.62.3-6.0.1
libsoup - update to 2.74.2-5
libsoup-help - update to 2.74.2-5
libsoup-devel - update to 2.74.2-5
libsoup-debugsource - update to 2.74.2-5
libsoup-debuginfo - update to 2.74.2-5
libsoup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup2-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup2-lang - addressed in versions 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup-2_4-1-64bit - addressed in versions 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup2-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup-2_4-1-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup-2.4-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.74.3-6ubuntu1.1, 2.74.3-7ubuntu0.1
mingw-libsoup - addressed in versions 2.74.3-8.fc40, 2.74.3-8.fc41
libsoup-3_0-0-64bit - addressed in versions 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
typelib-1_0-Soup-3_0 - addressed in versions 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup-3_0-0 - addressed in versions 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup-3_0-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup-3_0-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup-3_0-0-32bit - addressed in versions 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup-3_0-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
libsoup-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1, 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift - addressed in versions 03.01.02.00, 03.02.04.00
libsoup3 - update to 3.4.4-3
libsoup3-debuginfo - update to 3.4.4-3
libsoup3-debugsource - update to 3.4.4-3
libsoup3-devel - update to 3.4.4-3
libsoup3-help - update to 3.4.4-3
libsoup3 - addressed in versions 3.4.4-3.fc39, 3.4.4-5.fc40
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces - update to 3.17.0
PowerStoreT OS - update to 4.0.1.3-2494147
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - update to 12.8.0

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