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[ GLSA 200805-15 ] libid3tag: Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-15


                                        http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: Normal
Title: libid3tag: Denial of Service
Date: May 14, 2008
Bugs: #210564
ID: 200805-15


Synopsis

A Denial of Service vulnerability was found in libid3tag.

Background

libid3tag is an ID3 tag manipulation library.

Affected packages

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 Package               /   Vulnerable   /               Unaffected
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1 media-libs/libid3tag < 0.15.1b-r2 >= 0.15.1b-r2

Description

Kentaro Oda reported an infinite loop in the file field.c when parsing
an MP3 file with an ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST field that ends in '\0'.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted MP3
file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libid3tag users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-libs/libid3tag-0.15.1b-r2&quot;

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2109
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2109

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5