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Added: glsa-200803-03.xml |
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Log: |
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GLSA 200803-03 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200803-03.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="200803-03"> |
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<title>Audacity: Insecure temporary file creation</title> |
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<synopsis> |
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Audacity uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink |
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attack. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">audacity</product> |
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<announced>March 02, 2008</announced> |
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<revised>March 02, 2008: 01</revised> |
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<bug>199751</bug> |
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<access>local</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="media-sound/audacity" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">1.3.4-r1</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.3.4-r1</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p> |
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Audacity is a free cross-platform audio editor. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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Viktor Griph reported that the "AudacityApp::OnInit()" method in file |
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src/AudacityApp.cpp does not handle temporary files properly. |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="normal"> |
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<p> |
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink |
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attacks to delete arbitrary files and directories with the privileges |
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of the user running Audacity. |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p> |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p> |
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All Audacity users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/audacity-1.3.4-r1"</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6061">CVE-2007-6061</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:55:24 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:46:54 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:47:07 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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