Issued:

2009-03-16

Updated:

2009-03-16

RHSA-2009:0344 - Moderate: libsoup security update

Synopsis

Moderate: libsoup security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated libsoup and evolution28-libsoup packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

libsoup is an HTTP client/library implementation for GNOME written in C. It was originally part of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but the SOAP and non-SOAP parts have now been split into separate packages.

An integer overflow flaw which caused a heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in libsoup's Base64 encoding routine. An attacker could use this flaw to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. This arbitrary code would execute with the privileges of the application using libsoup's Base64 routine to encode large, untrusted inputs. (CVE-2009-0585)

All users of libsoup and evolution28-libsoup should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running applications using the affected library function (such as Evolution configured to connect to the GroupWise back-end) must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.i386.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ppc.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ia64.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.src.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ia64.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ppc64.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.src.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.s390.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ppc.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.s390x.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.s390.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.s390.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.s390.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.s390x.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ia64.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ppc.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.s390x.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.src.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ia64.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.s390.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.i386.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.s390.rpm
• evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.s390x.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ppc.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.i386.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
• libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.i386.rpm
• libsoup-2.2.98-2.el5_3.1.i386.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 488026

CVEs

• CVE-2009-0585

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.