Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0313 - libsoup bug fix update

Synopsis

libsoup bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libsoup packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libsoup packages provide an HTTP client and server library for GNOME.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the clock-applet did not handle canceled requests during a DNS lookup correctly and accessed already freed memory. As a consequence, the weather view of the clock-applet could, under certain circumstances, abort with a segmentation fault when updating the weather if the hostname of the weather server needed more than 30 seconds, for example due to network problems. This update modifies the underlying code to allow requests that take too long to be canceled. (BZ#657622)

  • Prior to this update, the weather view of the clock-applet tried to connect to the weather server indefinitely as fast as it could if the weather server (or an HTTP proxy) closed the connection without responding. This update modifies the underlying code to retry a request only if the server unexpectedly closes a previously-used connection, not a new connection. Now, libsoup returns a "Connection terminated unexpectedly" error, so the clock-applet does not update the weather display, and tries again later. (BZ#746587)

All users of libsoup are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • libsoup-devel-2.28.2-4.el6.s390.rpm
  • libsoup-devel-2.28.2-4.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libsoup-debuginfo-2.28.2-4.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libsoup-debuginfo-2.28.2-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libsoup-2.28.2-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libsoup-2.28.2-4.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libsoup-devel-2.28.2-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • libsoup-debuginfo-2.28.2-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libsoup-debuginfo-2.28.2-4.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libsoup-2.28.2-4.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libsoup-devel-2.28.2-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libsoup-debuginfo-2.28.2-4.el6.i686.rpm
  • libsoup-2.28.2-4.el6.src.rpm
  • libsoup-devel-2.28.2-4.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libsoup-debuginfo-2.28.2-4.el6.s390.rpm
  • libsoup-2.28.2-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libsoup-2.28.2-4.el6.s390.rpm
  • libsoup-devel-2.28.2-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libsoup-2.28.2-4.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information