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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0585 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the soup_base64_encode function in soup-misc.c in libsoup 2.x.x before 2.2.x, and 2.x before 2.24, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that is converted to a base64 representation.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://ocert.org/patches/2008-015/libsoup-CVE-2009-0585.diff CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34310 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34337 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34401 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-088.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1748 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:081 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-015.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0344.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501712/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34100 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-737-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49273 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9599 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0585
NVD Published Date:
03/14/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.