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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2109: libid3tag: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2109: libid3tag: Denial of service

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/07/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-libid3tag

References

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