CVE - CVE-2008-2109

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-2109	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:29210 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210 MISC:30173 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30173 MISC:30182 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30182 MISC:FEDORA-2008-3757 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.html MISC:GLSA-200805-15 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml MISC:MDVSA-2008:103 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:103~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:[mad-dev] 20080112 Initite loop bug in libid3tag-0.15.0b URL:http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.html MISC:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564 URL:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564 MISC:libid3tag-field-dos(42271) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20080507	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080507)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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