1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-363-1

USN-363-1: libmusicbrainz vulnerability

Publication date

11 October 2006

Overview

libmusicbrainz vulnerability

Releases

Details

Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple buffer overflows in libmusicbrainz.
When a user made queries to MusicBrainz servers, it was possible for
malicious servers, or machine-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.

Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple buffer overflows in libmusicbrainz.
When a user made queries to MusicBrainz servers, it was possible for
malicious servers, or machine-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.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
6.06 dapper libmusicbrainz4c2a –  2.1.2-2ubuntu3.1
5.10 breezy libmusicbrainz2c2 –  2.0.2-10ubuntu2.1
libmusicbrainz4c2 –  2.1.1-3ubuntu3.1
5.04 hoary libmusicbrainz2 –  2.0.2-10ubuntu1.1
libmusicbrainz4 –  2.1.1-3ubuntu1.1

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