Mac mini crashes after inserting CD.

I have a Late 2006 Mac mini (Combo Drive).
A few days ago, I was trying to import a music CD into iTunes. It recognises the CD and its tracks fine, but importing the CD (or even playing it) triggers a system-wide crash, forcing me to turn it off with the power button. Tried another CD, this time it wouldn't even get past recognising the CD before crashing.

Are you talking about a kernel panic*:
http://www.macmaps.com/kernelpanic.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.
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