INFSA-2025:19714: libsoup security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2025:19714

Type: security

Release date: 2025-11-07 21:21:33 UTC

Information about package

The libsoup packages provide an HTTP client and server library for GNOME.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2025-11021

    A flaw was found in the cookie date handling logic of the libsoup HTTP library, widely used by GNOME and other applications for web communication. When processing cookies with specially crafted expiration dates, the library may perform an out-of-bounds memory read. This flaw could result in unintended disclosure of memory contents, potentially exposing sensitive information from the process using libsoup.

  • CVE-2025-4945

    A flaw was found in the cookie parsing logic of the libsoup HTTP library, used in GNOME applications and other software. The vulnerability arises when processing the expiration date of cookies, where a specially crafted value can trigger an integer overflow. This may result in undefined behavior, allowing an attacker to bypass cookie expiration logic, causing persistent or unintended cookie behavior. The issue stems from improper validation of large integer inputs during date arithmetic operations within the cookie parsing routines.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 7.5 no information
NIST — CVE-2025-4945
no information 3.7 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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