CVE-2024-52530 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-52530: GNOME libsoup before 3.6.0 allows HTTP request smuggling in some configurations because '\0' characters at the end of header names are ignored, i.e., a "Transfer-Encoding\0: chunked" header is treated the same as a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 5 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-52530 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libsoup2.4→ fixed in2.72.0-2+deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libsoup2.4
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libsoup2.4→ fixed in2.74.3-1+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libsoup2.4
```
libsoup3→ fixed in3.2.3-0+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libsoup3
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libsoup2.4→ fixed in2.74.3-8.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libsoup2.4
```
libsoup3→ fixed in3.5.2-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libsoup3
```

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