Buffer overflow in libsoup - CVE-2024-52531

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Buffer overflow in libsoup - CVE-2024-52531

Published: November 27, 2024 / Updated: May 29, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU100995
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-2024-52531
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 a boundary error when performing conversion to UTF-8. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and crash the application.


Affected software

libsoup
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 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 Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 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 Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
openSUSE Leap Micro
Anolis OS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
PowerStore 500T
PowerStore 1000T
PowerStore 3000T
PowerStore 9200T
PowerStore 9000T
PowerStore 7000T
PowerStore 5200T
PowerStore 5000T
PowerStore 3200T
PowerStore 3200Q
PowerStore 1200T
PowerStoreT OS
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
libsoup2.4-1 (Ubuntu package)
libsoup-3.0-0 (Ubuntu package)
libsoup2.4 (Ubuntu package)
libsoup-devel
libsoup
libsoup (Red Hat package)
libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4
libsoup-2_4-1
libsoup-debugsource
libsoup-lang
libsoup-2_4-1-32bit
libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-32bit
libsoup-doc
libsoup-help
libsoup-debuginfo
libsoup-2_4-1-64bit-debuginfo
libsoup2-devel-64bit
libsoup-2_4-1-64bit
libsoup2-lang
libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-debuginfo
libsoup2-devel-32bit
libsoup2-debugsource
libsoup2-devel
libsoup-2.4-1 (Ubuntu package)
libsoup-3_0-0-debuginfo
libsoup-3_0-0
typelib-1_0-Soup-3_0
libsoup-3_0-0-32bit-debuginfo
libsoup-3_0-0-32bit
libsoup-devel-32bit
libsoup-3_0-0-64bit-debuginfo
libsoup-3_0-0-64bit
libsoup-devel-64bit
libsoup3
libsoup3-help
libsoup3-devel
libsoup3-debugsource
libsoup3-debuginfo
libsoup3-doc
IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC)
Red Hat Integration Camel-K
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
OpenShift Virtualization

How to mitigate CVE-2024-52531

Install updates from vendor's website.

libsoup - update to 3.6.1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - addressed in versions 7.0.540, 8.321
IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) - addressed in versions 10.2.1040.0 SP3, 10.3.1060.0 SP1
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
Red Hat Integration Camel-K - update to 1.10.9
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3 FP11
libsoup2.4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.3+esm4, 2.62.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm5
libsoup-devel - addressed in versions 2.62.2-4, 2.62.3-7.0.1
libsoup - addressed in versions 2.62.2-4, 2.62.3-7.0.1
libsoup (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.62.2-4.el7_9, 2.62.3-1.el8_2.2, 2.62.3-2.el8_4.2, 2.62.3-2.el8_6.2, 2.62.3-3.el8_8.2, 2.62.3-7.el8_10, 2.72.0-8.el9_0.3, 2.72.0-8.el9_2.3, 2.72.0-8.el9_4.3, 2.72.0-8.el9_5.3
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
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 - 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-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-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-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-2_4-1-debuginfo-32bit - update to 2.62.2-5.12.1
libsoup-doc - update to 2.62.3-7.0.1
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
libsoup - update to 2.74.2-5
libsoup-2_4-1-64bit-debuginfo - 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 - 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_4-1-32bit-debuginfo - 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
libsoup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1, 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
libsoup2-devel - 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
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 - 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_0-0-32bit-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-3_0-0-64bit - 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 3.4.4-4
libsoup3-help - update to 3.4.4-4
libsoup3-devel - update to 3.4.4-4
libsoup3-debugsource - update to 3.4.4-4
libsoup3-debuginfo - update to 3.4.4-4
libsoup3-devel - update to 3.6.1-1
libsoup3 - update to 3.6.1-1
libsoup3-doc - update to 3.6.1-1
libsoup3 - update to 3.6.4-1.fc41
PowerStoreT OS - update to 4.0.1.3-2494147
Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data - addressed in versions 4.8.9, 5.1.2
OpenShift Virtualization - update to 4.16.7
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.17.15
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - update to 12.8.0

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