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.
Published: 2007-01-16
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 7.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1248-1 New libsoup packages fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5860 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-411-1 libsoup vulnerability
History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

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References

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:30:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:04:55.602Z

Reserved: 2006-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5876

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-16T19:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5876

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-11-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-5876 - Bugzilla

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