USN-7432-1: libsoup vulnerabilities

Publication date

10 April 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libsoup.


Packages

  • libsoup2.4 - HTTP client/server library for GNOME
  • libsoup3 - GObject introspection data for the libsoup HTTP library

Details

It was discovered that libsoup could be made to read out of bounds. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using
libsoup to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-2784,
CVE-2025-32050, CVE-2025-32052, CVE-2025-32053)

It was discovered that libsoup could be made to dereference invalid
memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications
using libsoup to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2025-32051)

It was discovered that libsoup could be made to read out of bounds. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using
libsoup to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-2784,
CVE-2025-32050, CVE-2025-32052, CVE-2025-32053)

It was discovered that libsoup could be made to dereference invalid
memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications
using libsoup to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2025-32051)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.10 oracular libsoup-2.4-1 –  2.74.3-7ubuntu0.2
libsoup-3.0-0 –  3.6.0-2ubuntu0.2
24.04 noble libsoup-2.4-1 –  2.74.3-6ubuntu1.2
libsoup-3.0-0 –  3.4.4-5ubuntu0.2
22.04 jammy libsoup-3.0-0 –  3.0.7-0ubuntu1+esm2  
libsoup2.4-1 –  2.74.2-3ubuntu0.2
20.04 focal libsoup2.4-1 –  2.70.0-1ubuntu0.2

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