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TITLE:
Fedora update for libid3tag

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30173

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30173/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for libid3tag. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
"id3_field_parse()" function in field.c. This can be exploited to
trigger the execution of an infinite loop and the consumption of
large amounts of memory via a malformed ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST
field.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update libid3tag").

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kentaro Oda

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.html

http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.html

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