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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200709-08 ] id3lib: Insecure temporary file creation |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: id3lib: Insecure temporary file creation (GLSA 200709-08)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local
Date: September 15, 2007
Bug(s): #189610
ID: 200709-08
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been discovered in id3lib allowing local users to
overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Background
id3lib is an open-source, cross-platform software development library
for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags.
Affected Packages
Package: media-libs/id3lib
Vulnerable: < 3.8.3-r6
Unaffected: >= 3.8.3-r6
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Nikolaus Schulz discovered that the function RenderV2ToFile() in file
src/tag_file.cpp creates temporary files in an insecure manner.
Impact
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a symlink attack
to overwrite arbitrary files.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All id3lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/id3lib-3.8.3-r6" |
References
CVE-2007-4460
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