CVE-2006-5876

Published: 16 January 2007

The soup_headers_parse function in soup-headers.c for libsoup HTTP library before 2.2.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed HTTP headers, probably involving missing fields or values.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
libsoup Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (2.2.93-0ubuntu1.1)
	edgy	Released (2.2.96-0ubuntu2.1)
	feisty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Released (2.2.100)

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-411-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5876
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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