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TITLE:
libsoup "soup_headers_parse()" Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23734

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23734/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
libsoup 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/13236/

DESCRIPTION:
Roland Lezuo and Josselin Mouette have reported a vulnerability in
libsoup, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
"soup_headers_parse()" function in soup-headers.c. This can be
exploited to crash an application using the library by sending
specially crafted HTTP requests.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in version 2.2.99.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Roland Lezuo and Josselin Mouette

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1248

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391970

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