CVE-2024-52531 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-52531: GNOME libsoup before 3.6.1 allows a buffer overflow in applications that perform conversion to UTF-8 in soup_header_parse_param_list_strict. There is a plausible way to reach this remotely via soup_message_headers_get_content_type (e.g., an application may want to retrieve the content type of a requ

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

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-52531 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 in3.6.0-4urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libsoup3
```

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