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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57516
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-363-1 (libmusicbrainz-2.1)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to libmusicbrainz-2.1
announced via advisory USN-363-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.04
Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple buffer overflows in libmusicbrainz.
When a user made queries to MusicBrainz servers, it was possible for
malicious servers, or man-in-the-middle systems posing as servers, to
send a crafted reply to the client request and remotely gain access to
the user's system with the user's privileges.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.04:
libmusicbrainz2 2.0.2-10ubuntu1.1
libmusicbrainz4 2.1.1-3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 5.10:
libmusicbrainz2c2 2.0.2-10ubuntu2.1
libmusicbrainz4c2 2.1.1-3ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libmusicbrainz4c2a 2.1.2-2ubuntu3.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to
effect the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-363-1

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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