SB2008051401 - Gentoo update for libid3tag
Published: May 14, 2008
Security Bulletin ID
SB2008051401
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2109)
CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in field.c due to CPU consumption. A remote attacker can trigger infinite loop and cause the service to crash via an ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST field that ends in ''.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.