[pkg-mad-maintainers] Bug#480187: libid3tag: CVE-2008-2109 infinite loop via crafted id3 tag

[Nico Golde]

Package: libid3tag
Version: 0.15.1b-10
Severity: important
Tags: security patch

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for libid3tag.


CVE-2008-2109[0]:
| 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.

Patch: http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=143858

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2109
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-2109

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