CVE-2008-2109 - field.c in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of ser

CVE-2008-2109

Summary

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.

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564
http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210
http://secunia.com/advisories/30182
http://secunia.com/advisories/30173
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:103
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:media-libs:libid3tag:0.15.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:media-libs:libid3tag:0.15.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 13-02-2023 - 02:19)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

bid	29210
confirm	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564
fedora	FEDORA-2008-3757
gentoo	GLSA-200805-15
mandriva	MDVSA-2008:103
mlist	[mad-dev] 20080112 Initite loop bug in libid3tag-0.15.0b
secunia	30173 30182
xf	libid3tag-field-dos(42271)

Last major update

13-02-2023 - 02:19

Published

07-05-2008 - 21:20

Last modified

13-02-2023 - 02:19