Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-411-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Roland Lezuo and Josselin Mouette discovered that the HTTP server code in libsoup did not correctly verify request headers. Remote attackers could crash applications using libsoup by sending a crafted HTTP request, resulting in a denial of service.
Affected
libsoup vulnerability on Ubuntu 5.10 ,
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-5876 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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