National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1301
Original release date:04/16/2009
Last revised:04/29/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Integer signedness error in the store_id3_text function in the ID3v2 code in mpg123 before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ID3 tag with a negative encoding value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0936
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 34381
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:093
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200904-15
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=673696
External Source: MLIST
Name: [mpg123-devel] 20090405 mpg123 1.7.2 is out -- important security fix!
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34748
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34587
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265342