libid3tag field.c denial of service
| libid3tag-field-dos (42271) |  Low Risk |
Description:
The libid3tag library is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the field.c application. By parsing data using the ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST field that ends in '\0', an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the library to enter into an infinite loop and consume all available CPU resources resulting in a denial of service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability (libid3tag-0.15.1b-fix_overflow.patch), available from the Gentoo Web site. See References.
References:
- Gentoo Bugzilla Bug 210564: media-libs/libid3tag <0.15.1b-r2 Infinite loop.
- Gentoo Web site: media-libs/libid3tag.
- mad-dev Mailing List, Sat Jan 12 23:17:36 PST 2008: Initite loop bug in libid3tag-0.15.0b.
- BID-29210: 'libid3tag' Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-2109: field.c in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST field that ends in '\0', which triggers an infinite loop.
- GLSA-200805-15: libid3tag: Denial of Service
- MDVSA-2008:103: Updated libid3tag packages fix denial of service vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo Linux
- libid3tag libid3tag 0.15.0b
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
Reported:
May 07, 2008
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