Vulnerability in Libsoup
CVE-2006-5876
The soup_headers_parse function in soup-headers.c for libsoup HTTP library before 2.2.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed HTTP headers, probably involving missing fields or values.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libsoup — versions 2.2.98
References
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1248 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22034 (vdb-entry)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-965
- secunia.com/advisories/23961 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23734 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0173 (vdb-entry)
- ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsoup/2.2/libsoup-2.2.99.news
- osvdb.org/31667 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2509 (vendor-advisory)