Libsoup
CVE-2012-2132
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication mechanism validation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Defense Evasion, Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.26%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could bypass authentication mechanisms to gain unauthorized access by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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libsoup 2.32.2 and earlier does not validate certificates or clear the trust flag when the ssl-ca-file does not exist, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by connecting with a SSL. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement multi-factor authentication, enforce strong password policies, use proven authentication frameworks.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Improper Authentication (CWE-287), which allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms to gain unauthorized access. libsoup 2.32.2 and earlier does not validate certificates or clear the trust flag when the ssl-ca-file does not exist, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by connecting with a SSL connection. Affected products include: Gnome Libsoup.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
libsoup 2.32.2 and earlier does not validate certificates or clear the trust flag when the ssl-ca-file does not exist, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by connecting with a SSL connection.
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NVD
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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GNOME libsoup before 3.6.1 allows a buffer overflow in applications that perform conversion to UTF-8 in soup_header_pars
A heap buffer overflow exists in libsoup's WebSocket permessage-deflate compression path: when a very large outbound mes
HTTP header injection in libsoup through CRLF sequences in the Content-Disposition header allows unauthenticated remote
libsoup's improper handling of URL-decoded input in HTTP proxy configurations allows remote attackers to inject CRLF seq
The get_cookies function in soup-cookie-jar.c in libsoup 2.63.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via an empty
Heap memory corruption in libsoup can be triggered when a WebSocket client using libsoup constructs a masked outgoing fr
Heap out-of-bounds read in libsoup's WebSocket implementation allows a remote, unauthenticated peer to trigger a heap bu
Heap corruption and denial of service in libsoup stem from unbounded WebSocket message reassembly: the code accumulates
A type-confusion memory-safety flaw in libsoup's WebSocket handling can crash or corrupt the heap of applications that p
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