CVE-2006-4197

Libmusicbrainz < 2.1.2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28384

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28367
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-363-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28368
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1162
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22393
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22191
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22639
Exploit, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21404
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-610
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19508
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-09.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22517
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/brainzbof-adv.txt
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21699
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444843/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21668
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443205/100/0/threaded
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016691
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:157
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1399

Scores

EPSS 0.3487
EPSS Percentile 97.0%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
musicbrainz/libmusicbrainz < 2.1.2
musicbrainz/libmusicbrainz_svn < 8406
Published Aug 17, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026