Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the cd-info and iso-info applications of libcdio, which potentially can be be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
libcdio cd-info/iso-info Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28308
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/28308/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
REVISION:
1.1 originally posted 2008-01-04
SOFTWARE:
libcdio 0.x
https://secunia.com/product/17068/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the cd-info and iso-info
applications of libcdio, which potentially can be be exploited by
malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within the
function "print_iso9660_recurse()" in cd-info.c and iso-info.c. This
be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into
using the iso-info application on a specially crafted ISO image.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 0.79. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
Patch for iso-info.c:
https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/libcdio/libcdio/src/iso-info.c?r1=1.37&r2=1.35&sortby=date&view=patch
Patch for cd-info.c:
https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/libcdio/libcdio/src/cd-info.c?r1=1.151&r2=1.149&sortby=date&view=patch
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Devon Miller
CHANGELOG:
2008-01-04: Added CVE reference.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203777
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