SB2015091406 - Infinite loop in libid3tag (Alpine package) 



SB2015091406 - Infinite loop in libid3tag (Alpine package)

Published: September 14, 2015

Security Bulletin ID SB2015091406
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2109)

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.