Bug 445812 (CVE-2008-2109) - CVE-2008-2109 libid3tag: infinite loop in ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST parsing
Summary: CVE-2008-2109 libid3tag: infinite loop in ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST parsing
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-2109
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Depends On: 445813 445814 445815
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-05-09 09:31 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:24 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-10-01 18:29:03 UTC
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-05-09 09:31:08 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-2109 to the following vulnerability:

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.

Refences:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564
http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.html
Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2008-05-09 09:33:14 UTC 
Reproducer can be found in Gentoo bug, patch in report sent to mad-dev list.

Package is in Fedora and EPEL5.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-05-09 17:49:39 UTC 
libid3tag-0.15.1b-6.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-05-09 17:54:25 UTC 
libid3tag-0.15.1b-5.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-05-09 17:55:37 UTC 
libid3tag-0.15.1b-5.fc7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 7
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-05-13 15:24:21 UTC 
libid3tag-0.15.1b-6.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2008-05-14 21:32:19 UTC 
libid3tag-0.15.1b-5.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2008-05-14 22:13:19 UTC 
libid3tag-0.15.1b-5.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Red Hat Product Security 2008-10-01 18:29:03 UTC 
This issue was addressed in:

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-3976
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-3757
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