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Debian DSA-1162-1 : libmusicbrainz-2.0 - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 22704

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Luigi Auriemma discovered several buffer overflows in libmusicbrainz, a CD index library, that allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libmusicbrainz packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.2-10sarge1 and 2.1.1-3sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=383030

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1162

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22704

File Name: debian_DSA-1162.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmusicbrainz-2.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmusicbrainz-2.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4197

BID: 19508

DSA: 1162