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Nikolaus Schulz discovered that a programming error in id3lib, an ID3 Tag Library, may lead to denial of service through symlink attacks.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 1365-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff September 1st, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : id3lib3.8.3 Vulnerability : programming error Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-4460 Debian Bug : 438540 Nikolaus Schulz discovered that a programming error in id3lib, an ID3 Tag Library, may lead to denial of service through symlink attacks. For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.3-4.1sarge1. Due to a technical limitation in the archive management scripts the fix for the stable distribution (etch) can only be released in a few days. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.3-7. We recommend that you upgrade your id3lib3.8.3 packages. Upgrade Instructions - --------------------wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 655 94eda5191994c0dbe0146a85a9e94737 Size/MD5 checksum: 134382 b45300bc3341dbedf90f4c593462794f Size/MD5 checksum: 950726 19f27ddd2dda4b2d26a559a4f0f402a7 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 200738 a089ad12c4ddd30a4f6fdb340b3c9c26 Size/MD5 checksum: 358668 6a3178d16f20a2a4228133a0f692d197 AMD64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 190378 90cfc4e6ab66afc0618946eda78ce66d Size/MD5 checksum: 295174 79e8d0882c54ffceabff4b4b527317cb ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 204106 ae12d537affbc35f82517dbba061b332 Size/MD5 checksum: 322872 607fdb462573a9d022338c5f011363e0 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 213312 5279c3416cd3d0c301439a8de2b70ee7 Size/MD5 checksum: 349392 28751fdfecf730380b111537646cac03 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 180852 10afd005f77c934946d1bcaf04998d92 Size/MD5 checksum: 258526 3bb1cb543f6b2ab1a4985dfa536dd3e5 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 214970 eb496451fad3c40a54f55dd55ff0e4d9 Size/MD5 checksum: 371532 2a339fa9b2d875dccf416dc648b5d11a Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 190796 9d8b6bb6f224470ea1ac92d92015ad95 Size/MD5 checksum: 263074 a5747d036e6df6f1170e8c2607cb632d Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 197400 144d3525c130676898f379e6ab26c804 Size/MD5 checksum: 317716 31cde74a7a1328f63ce17907c539791a Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 186678 2f8a8cdbf9a89b49fb43164b248d9196 Size/MD5 checksum: 315966 eb8fd5f5e78b9a0537dca9b5eb5d0f27 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 189040 0eb109d6c6864a912de8396b2fb7be31 Size/MD5 checksum: 296638 4c113a84cfe17cc506043e26e6b6f094 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 192592 d897e59ae0f1fe48a5e64bdb8c006416 Size/MD5 checksum: 313664 84727122d6fae1d78f35ecdd3f2beefe Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 184716 52c13bfcb58b41b2ce0456c046194bf4 Size/MD5 checksum: 279552edc8e1d5d6f4f7d7beac85e81b29cdd3 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Uncover the mitigation strategy for id3lib as outlined in Debian security notice DSA 1365-1, provided by Nikolaus Schulz.. Denial of Service, Debian Security, id3lib Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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