Bug#871650: libsoup2.4: CVE-2017-2885: stack based buffer overflow with HTTP Chunked Encoding

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libsoup2.4
Version: 2.48.0-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch upstream
Forwarded: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785774
Control: fixed -1 2.48.0-1+deb8u1
Control: fixed -1 2.56.0-2+deb9u1

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libsoup2.4.

CVE-2017-2885[0]:
stack based buffer overflow with HTTP Chunked Encoding

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2885
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2885
[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785774
[2] https://git.gnome.org/browse/libsoup/commit/?id=03c91c76daf70ee227f38304c5e45a155f45073d

Regards,
Salvatore