--- title: "CVE-2006-4089\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-4089?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-4089 Publication date 11 August 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Multiple buffer overflows in Andy Lo-A-Foe AlsaPlayer 0.99.76 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), or have other unknown impact, via (1) a long Location field sent by a web server, which triggers an overflow in the reconnect function in reader/http/http.c; (2) a long URL sent by a web server when AlsaPlayer is seeking a media file for the playlist, which triggers overflows in new\_list\_item and CbUpdated in interface/gtk/PlaylistWindow.cpp; and (3) a long response sent by a CDDB server, which triggers an overflow in cddb\_lookup in input/ccda/cdda\_engine.c. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | alsaplayer | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 0.99.76-9 | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 0.99.76-9 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.99.76-9 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.99.76-9 | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 0.99.76-9 | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 0.99.76-9 | | 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4089) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4089) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-4089) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4089) ### Other references *