Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1365-3 id3lib3.8.3 -- programming error
- Date Reported:
- 02 Oct 2007
- Affected Packages:
- id3lib3.8.3
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 438540.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-4460. - More information:
-
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.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/id3lib3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/id3lib3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/id3lib3.8.3_3.8.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/id3lib3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_arm.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/id3lib3.8.3/libid3-3.8.3-dev_3.8.3-4.1sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.