SB20170807101 - Out-of-bounds read in mpg123 (Alpine package)
Published: August 7, 2017 Updated: November 12, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB20170807101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9545)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the next_text() function in src/libmpg123/id3.c of the ID3v2 parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ef881f1883bcc5ff71f901035317be354dd14b06
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fa16ba1f57b1ddf30ec6b90884142a9fab471315
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b919fbf11fdcd9e9170f37b045efa75aead63af5
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3ae7411748f945ffd9cb8106b73b10d4f6ac2fc5