Package: libid3tag0 Version: 0.15.1b-4.1 Severity: normal Tags: patch
libid3tag has problems with some ID3v2 tags. If the ID3v2 tag contains string list fields with an UTF16 string whose length is an odd number of bytes (which is effectively a broken string, but should still be parsed correctly), libid3tag ends up in an endless loop allocating memory until it can't allocate more memory or the process is killed. This bug affects a number of applications depending on libid3tag0 for tag parsing, including many GStreamer-based audio players like rhythmbox or muine. A two-line patch is available here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647 The patch has been sent upstream months ago, but it doesn't look like there is going to be a new release any time soon. Would be great if it could be applied to the package until a new upstream version is released. Cheers -Tim -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages libid3tag0 depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
