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Gentoo: GLSA-201206-16 Normal: TagLib Denial of Service Risks

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
TagLib encounters several vulnerabilities that could lead to a possible Denial of Service; immediate action advised for Gentoo users.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TagLib, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TagLib: * The "analyzeCurrent()" function in ape/apeproperties.cpp contains a division by zero error (CVE-2012-1107). * The "parse()" function in inogg/xiphcomment.cpp contains an error when processing the "vendorLength" field (CVE-2012-1108). * The "mid()" function in toolkit/tbytevector.cpp contains an integer overflow error (CVE-2012-1584).

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update gentoo normal severity taglib

Resolution

All TagLib users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/taglib-1.7.1"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-1107 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1107 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-1108 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1108 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-1584 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1584

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-16
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: TagLib: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 22, 2012
Bugs: #407673, #410953
ID: 201206-16

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update gentoo normal severity taglib

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TagLib, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Background

TagLib is a library for reading and editing audio meta data.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/taglib < 1.7.1 >= 1.7.1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to open a specially crafted OGG file with an application using TagLib, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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