The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7565-1 advisory. It was discovered that libsoup did not correctly handle memory while performing UTF-8 conversions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-52531) It was discovered that libsoup could enter an infinite loop when reading certain websocket data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-52532) It was discovered that libsoup could be made to read out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using libsoup to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-2784, CVE-2025-32050, CVE-2025-32052, CVE-2025-32053) Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version…Read More
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libsoup vulnerabilities (USN-7565-1)
