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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2006-4197 EUVD-2006-4187GHSA-7fj4-5cwr-pcgr

Multiple buffer overflows in libmusicbrainz (aka mb_client or MusicBrainz Client Library) 2.1.2 and earlier, and SVN 8406 and earlier, allo…

Published Aug 17, 2006 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libmusicbrainz (aka mb_client or MusicBrainz Client Library) 2.1.2 and earlier, and SVN 8406 and earlier, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) a long Location header by the HTTP server, which triggers an overflow in the MBHttp::Download function in lib/http.cpp; and (2) a long URL in RDF data, as demonstrated by a URL in an rdf:resource field in an RDF XML document, which triggers overflows in many functions in lib/rdfparse.c.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 3.1 libmusicbrainz-2.0 2.0.2-10sarge1 DSA-1162
Debian 3.1 libmusicbrainz-2.1 2.1.1-3sarge1 DSA-1162

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 1

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