CVE-2009-0585

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-03-14
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Integer overflow in the soup_base64_encode function in soup-misc.c in libsoup 2.x.x before 2.2.x, and 2.x before 2.24, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that is converted to a base64 representation.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.5
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (evolution28-libsoup)	ELSA-2009-0344	2009-03-16
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libsoup)	ELSA-2009-0344	2009-03-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (libsoup)	ELSA-2009-0344	2009-03-16