Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the libsoup HTTP client and server library for GNOME, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants. These include a heap buffer over-read, denial of service (DoS) attacks via websocket server and integer underflow, and an out-of-bounds read leading to process crashes. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updated libsoup packages to address these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The libsoup library used in GNOME for HTTP client and server functionality contains four distinct vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-2784 is a heap buffer over-read in the skip_insignificant_space function during content sniffing; CVE-2025-32049 allows denial of service attacks against the websocket server; CVE-2025-32914 is an out-of-bounds read in soup_multipart_new_from_message causing crashes or process exit; and CVE-2025-4948 is an integer underflow in the same function leading to denial of service. Red Hat has released updated libsoup packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants to fix these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions by crashing or exiting the affected process, and potential memory safety issues such as heap buffer over-read and out-of-bounds reads. This can disrupt applications relying on libsoup for HTTP and websocket communication, potentially impacting system stability and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated libsoup packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:8482. For update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the libsoup HTTP client and server library for GNOME, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants. These include a heap buffer over-read, denial of service (DoS) attacks via websocket server and integer underflow, and an out-of-bounds read leading to process crashes. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updated libsoup packages to address these issues.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The libsoup library used in GNOME for HTTP client and server functionality contains four distinct vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-2784 is a heap buffer over-read in the skip_insignificant_space function during content sniffing; CVE-2025-32049 allows denial of service attacks against the websocket server; CVE-2025-32914 is an out-of-bounds read in soup_multipart_new_from_message causing crashes or process exit; and CVE-2025-4948 is an integer underflow in the same function leading to denial of service. Red Hat has released updated libsoup packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants to fix these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions by crashing or exiting the affected process, and potential memory safety issues such as heap buffer over-read and out-of-bounds reads. This can disrupt applications relying on libsoup for HTTP and websocket communication, potentially impacting system stability and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated libsoup packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:8482. For update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:8482
- Cve Count
- 4
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-4948","CVE-2025-32049","CVE-2025-32914"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1cf4853345fc182443c
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:55 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:08:01 UTC
Last updated: 06/26/2026, 17:49:01 UTC
Views: 3
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