| Name | CVE-2017-2885 |
| Description | An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNOME libsoup 2.58. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause a stack overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a special HTTP request to the vulnerable server to trigger this vulnerability. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3929-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 871650 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libsoup2.4 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.72.0-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.74.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.74.3-8 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - libsoup2.4 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785774