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Ubuntu: USN-7543-1 (CVE-2025-4476): libsoup vulnerabilities
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
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4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 16, 2025 | May 29, 2025 | May 30, 2025 |
Description
A denial-of-service vulnerability has been identified in the libsoup HTTP client library. This flaw can be triggered when a libsoup client receives a 401 (Unauthorized) HTTP response containing a specifically crafted domain parameter within the WWW-Authenticate header. Processing this malformed header can lead to a crash of the client application using libsoup. An attacker could exploit this by setting up a malicious HTTP server. If a user's application using the vulnerable libsoup library connects to this malicious server, it could result in a denial-of-service. Successful exploitation requires tricking a user's client application into connecting to the attacker's malicious server.
Solution(s)
References
- CVE-2025-4476
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-4476
- UBUNTU-USN-7543-1
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4476
- URL-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2366513
- URL-https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/issues/440
- URL-https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/merge_requests/457
- URL-https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7543-1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4476

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