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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57317
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:157 (musicbrainz)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to musicbrainz
announced via advisory MDKSA-2006:157.

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.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2006.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2006:157

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4197
BugTraq ID: 19508
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19508
Bugtraq: 20060813 Multiple buffer-overflows in libmusicbrainz 2.1.2 (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443205/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20060830 rPSA-2006-0161-1 libmusicbrainz (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444843/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1162 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1162
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-09.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:157
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/brainzbof-adv.txt
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016691
http://secunia.com/advisories/21404
http://secunia.com/advisories/21668
http://secunia.com/advisories/21699
http://secunia.com/advisories/22191
http://secunia.com/advisories/22393
http://secunia.com/advisories/22517
http://secunia.com/advisories/22639
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1399
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:025 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-363-1
XForce ISS Database: libmusicbrainz-mbhttpdownload-bo(28367)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28367
XForce ISS Database: libmusicbrainz-rdfparse-bo(28368)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28368
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