SB2017073114 - Denial of service in libid3tag
Published: July 31, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017073114
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11550)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the id3_ucs4_length function in ucs4.c in libid3tag due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted mp3 file and cause the service to crash.
2) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11551)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the id3_field_parse function in field.c due to boundary error. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted mp3 file, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.