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CVE-2017-2885

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Date: April 24, 2018

An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNOME libsoup 2.58. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause a stack overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a special HTTP request to the vulnerable server to trigger this vulnerability.

Language: C

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Related Resources (9)

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3929
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0392
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2459
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100258
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/3
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2885
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2885
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160388/ProCaster-LE-32F430-GStreamer-souphttpsrc-libsoup-2.51.3-Stack-Overflow.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-2885

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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