CVE-2006-5876

N/A Unknown

Published: January 16, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2509

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsoup/2.2/libsoup-2.2.99.news

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/31667

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23734

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23770

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23871

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23873

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23961

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23976

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1248

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:029

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22034

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-411-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0173

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31519

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-965

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2509