Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libsoup2.4 announced via advisory DSA 2369-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202369-1
Insight
It was discovered that libsoup2.4, a HTTP library implementation in C, is not properly validating input when processing requests made to SoupServer.
A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to access system files via a directory traversal attack.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.1-2+lenny1.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.30.2-1+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.34.3-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.34.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libsoup2.4 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-2524 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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