SB2012031906 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for taglib
Published: March 19, 2012
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012031906
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1108)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The parse function in ogg/xiphcomment.cpp in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted vendorLength field in an ogg file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.