id3_utf16_deserialize() in utf16.c in libid3tag through 0.15.1b misparses ID3v2 tags encoded in UTF-16 with an odd number of bytes, triggering an endless loop allocating memory until an OOM condition is reached, leading to denial-of-service (DoS).

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - libid3tag: id3_utf16_deserialize() misparses ID3v2 tags with an odd number of bytes resulting in an     endless loop (CVE-2004-2779)

  - The id3_ucs4_length function in ucs4.c in libid3tag 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL Pointer Dereference and application crash) via a crafted mp3 file. (CVE-2017-11550)

  - The id3_field_parse function in field.c in libid3tag 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (OOM) via a crafted MP3 file. (CVE-2017-11551)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Security fix for CVE-2004-2779 and CVE-2017-11550

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Fix CVE-2017-11550 and CVE-2004-2779

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for libid3tag fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2004-2779 CVE-2017-11551: Fixed     id3_utf16_deserialize() in utf16.c, which previously     misparsed ID3v2 tags encoded in UTF-16 with an odd     number of bytes, triggering an endless loop allocating     memory until OOM leading to DoS. (bsc#1081959     bsc#1081961)

  - CVE-2017-11550 CVE-2008-2109: Fixed the handling of     unknown encodings when parsing ID3 tags. (bsc#1081962     bsc#387731)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for libid3tag fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2004-2779 CVE-2017-11551: Fixed     id3_utf16_deserialize() in utf16.c, which previously     misparsed ID3v2 tags encoded in UTF-16 with an odd     number of bytes, triggering an endless loop allocating     memory until OOM leading to DoS. (bsc#1081959     bsc#1081961)

  - CVE-2017-11550 CVE-2008-2109: Fixed the handling of     unknown encodings when parsing ID3 tags. (bsc#1081962     bsc#387731)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198412	RHEL 6 : libid3tag (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
120812	Fedora 28 : libid3tag (2018-d187b44f75)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
120309	Fedora 28 : mingw-libid3tag (2018-2926fd93f4)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
109286	Fedora 27 : mingw-libid3tag (2018-4e26c06aef)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
108919	Fedora 27 : libid3tag (2018-e06468b832)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
108452	SUSE SLED12 Security Update : libid3tag (SUSE-SU-2018:0722-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
108441	openSUSE Security Update : libid3tag (openSUSE-2018-277)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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