libvorbis OGG denial of service
| libvorbis-ogg-dos (42400) |  Low Risk |
Description:
libvorbis is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted OGG file containing a codebook dimension of "0", a remote attacker could cause the application to enter into an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- Xiph.Org, Libvorbis 1.0.0
- Xiph.Org, Libvorbis 1.0.1
- Xiph.Org, Libvorbis 1.1.0
- Xiph.Org, Libvorbis 1.1.1
- Xiph.Org, Libvorbis 1.1.2
- Xiph.Org, Libvorbis 1.2.0
Remedy:
Refer to the Xiph SVN repository for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Xiph SVN repository, Xiph.Org at http://www.xiph.org/svn/.
- xiph Web site, Vorbis audio compression at http://www.xiph.org/vorbis/.
- ASA-2008-208: libvorbis security update (RHSA-2008-0271)
- ASA-2008-212: libvorbis security update (RHSA-2008-0270)
- BID-29206: libvorbis Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1419: Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier does not properly handle a zero value for codebook.dim, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or infinite loop) or trigger an integer overflow.
- DSA-1591: libvorbis -- several vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1510: Libvorbis Audio Data Handling Buffer Overflow and DoS Vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200806-09: libvorbis: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2008:102: Updated libvorbis packages fix vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2008-0270: Important: libvorbis security update
- RHSA-2008-0271: Important: libvorbis security update
- SA30234: libvorbis Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1020029: libvorbis Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service or Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SR:2008:012: SUSE Security Summary Report
Reported:
May 14, 2008
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