CVE-2006-5876

Description

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.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 5.66% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoranews.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1248	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22034	vdb entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-965
http://secunia.com/advisories/23961	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23734	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0173	vdb entry
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsoup/2.2/libsoup-2.2.99.news
http://osvdb.org/31667	vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:029	vendor advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2509	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23871	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23770	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23873	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-411-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23976	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31519	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5876?: CVE-2006-5876 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5876?: To fix CVE-2006-5876, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5876 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-5876 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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