[USN-7543-1] libsoup vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7543-1
May 28, 2025

libsoup3, libsoup2.4 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

libsoup could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software Description:
- libsoup2.4: HTTP client/server library for GNOME
- libsoup3: HTTP client/server library for GNOME

Details:

Jan Różański discovered that libsoup incorrectly handled certain headers
when sending HTTP/2 requests over TLS. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected libsoup3 in
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-32908)

Jan Różański discovered that libsoup incorrectly parsed certain response
headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2025-4476)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 25.04
libsoup-2.4-1 2.74.3-10ubuntu0.3
libsoup-3.0-0 3.6.5-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.10
libsoup-2.4-1 2.74.3-7ubuntu0.5
libsoup-3.0-0 3.6.0-2ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
libsoup-2.4-1 2.74.3-6ubuntu1.5
libsoup-3.0-0 3.4.4-5ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
libsoup-3.0-0 3.0.7-0ubuntu1+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libsoup2.4-1 2.74.2-3ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libsoup2.4-1 2.70.0-1ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libsoup2.4-1 2.62.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libsoup2.4-1 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.3+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7543-1
CVE-2025-32908, CVE-2025-4476

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.74.3-10ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup3/3.6.5-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.74.3-7ubuntu0.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup3/3.6.0-2ubuntu0.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.74.3-6ubuntu1.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup3/3.4.4-5ubuntu0.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.70.0-1ubuntu0.5