Package : libmusicbrainz-2.0, libmusicbrainz-2.1 Vulnerability : buffer overflows Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-4197 BugTraq ID : 19508 Debian Bug : 383030
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.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.2-10sarge1 and 2.1.1-3sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.4-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libmusicbrainz packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------