Out-of-bounds read in libsoup - CVE-2018-12910
Published: July 6, 2018 / Updated: July 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13598
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12910
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of cookie requests. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted cookie request, trigger out-of-bounds memory read and gain access to arbitrary data or cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of cookie requests. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted cookie request, trigger out-of-bounds memory read and gain access to arbitrary data or cause the service to crash.
Affected software
libsoup
Debian Linux
CentOS
Opensuse
Fedora
libsoup
mingw-libsoup
Debian Linux
CentOS
Opensuse
Fedora
libsoup
mingw-libsoup
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12910
Update to version 2.56.0.
libsoup - update to 2.56
libsoup - addressed in versions 2.60.3-2.fc27, 2.62.2-2.fc28
mingw-libsoup - update to 2.68.0-1.fc31
libsoup - addressed in versions 2.60.3-2.fc27, 2.62.2-2.fc28
mingw-libsoup - update to 2.68.0-1.fc31