Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7/8/9 libsoup skip_insight_whitespace out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7/8/9. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function skip_insight_whitespace of the component libsoup. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-2784. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7/8/9. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function skip_insight_whitespace of the component libsoup. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in libsoup. The package is vulnerable to a heap buffer over-read when sniffing content via the skip_insight_whitespace() function. Libsoup clients may read one byte out-of-bounds in response to a crafted HTTP response by an HTTP server.

It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-2784 since 03/25/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/10/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234139 (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : libsoup vulnerabilities (USN-7432-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (234139), EUVD (EUVD-2025-9569) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1140). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • IBM Power Hardware Management Console
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • IGEL OS
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • IBM App Connect Enterprise
  • Xerox FreeFlow Print Server

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
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CNA Base Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 234139
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : libsoup vulnerabilities (USN-7432-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/25/2025 🔍
04/03/2025 +8 days 🔍
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12/10/2025 +251 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: 422
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-2784 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-2784
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303091
EUVD: 🔍
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1140 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (libsoup): Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2025 07:47
Updated: 12/10/2025 10:04
Changes: 04/03/2025 07:47 (65), 04/11/2025 16:11 (2), 05/14/2025 10:58 (1), 05/22/2025 13:04 (1), 11/18/2025 10:24 (11), 12/10/2025 10:04 (7)
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