[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200805-15 ] libid3tag: Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-15

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: libid3tag: Denial of Service

Date: May 14, 2008

Bugs: #210564

ID: 200805-15

 

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Synopsis

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A Denial of Service vulnerability was found in libid3tag.

 

Background

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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

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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

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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted MP3

file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All libid3tag users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libid3tag-0.15.1b-r2"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2109

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

 

Availability

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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?

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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

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

http://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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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