USN-3383-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3383-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3383-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3383-1
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Published
2017-08-10T17:06:05.907482Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:28Z
Summary
libsoup2.4 vulnerability
Details

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered a stack based buffer overflow when handling chunked encoding. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libsoup2.4

Package

Name
libsoup2.4
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsoup2.4@2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.42.2-6
2.44.1-1
2.44.2-1
2.44.2-1ubuntu1
2.44.2-1ubuntu2
2.44.2-1ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-soup-2.4",
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsoup-gnome2.4-1",
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsoup-gnome2.4-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsoup2.4-1",
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsoup2.4-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "high"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-2885"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libsoup2.4

Package

Name
libsoup2.4
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsoup2.4@2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.50.0-2debian1
2.52.1-1
2.52.2-1
2.52.2-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-soup-2.4",
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsoup-gnome2.4-1",
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsoup-gnome2.4-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsoup2.4-1",
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsoup2.4-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "high"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-2885"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}