| Name | CVE-2008-2109 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 480187 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libid3tag (PTS) | sid, trixie, buster, bookworm, bullseye | 0.15.1b-14 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libid3tag | source | (unstable) | 0.15.1b-8 | low | | 480187 |
Notes
[etch] - libid3tag <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
totally different approach to fix the bug, see Kurts comments in the bug report