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title: "CVE-2006-4197\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-4197

Publication date 17 August 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libmusicbrainz-2.1 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.1.2-6ubuntu2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.1.2-6ubuntu2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.1.2-2ubuntu3.1 |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4197)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4197)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-4197)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4197)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-363-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-363-1)
+ libmusicbrainz vulnerability
+ 11 October 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4197>