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From: "Matthias Geerdsen (vorlon)" <vorlon@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-200709-08.xml
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:48:51
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1 vorlon 07/09/15 15:41:24
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3 Added: glsa-200709-08.xml
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5 GLSA 200709-08
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-08.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
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15 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
16 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
17 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
18 <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
19
20 <glsa id="200709-08">
21 <title>id3lib: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
22 <synopsis>
23 A vulnerability has been discovered in id3lib allowing local users to
24 overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
25 </synopsis>
26 <product type="ebuild">id3lib</product>
27 <announced>September 15, 2007</announced>
28 <revised>September 15, 2007: 01</revised>
29 <bug>189610</bug>
30 <access>local</access>
31 <affected>
32 <package name="media-libs/id3lib" auto="yes" arch="*">
33 <unaffected range="ge">3.8.3-r6</unaffected>
34 <vulnerable range="lt">3.8.3-r6</vulnerable>
35 </package>
36 </affected>
37 <background>
38 <p>
39 id3lib is an open-source, cross-platform software development library
40 for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags.
41 </p>
42 </background>
43 <description>
44 <p>
45 Nikolaus Schulz discovered that the function RenderV2ToFile() in file
46 src/tag_file.cpp creates temporary files in an insecure manner.
47 </p>
48 </description>
49 <impact type="normal">
50 <p>
51 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a symlink attack
52 to overwrite arbitrary files.
53 </p>
54 </impact>
55 <workaround>
56 <p>
57 There is no known workaround at this time.
58 </p>
59 </workaround>
60 <resolution>
61 <p>
62 All id3lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
63 </p>
64 <code>
65 # emerge --sync
66 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-libs/id3lib-3.8.3-r6&quot;</code>
67 </resolution>
68 <references>
69 <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4460">CVE-2007-4460</uri>
70 </references>
71 <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:50:09 +0000">
72 mfleming
73 </metadata>
74 <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:35:20 +0000">
75 falco
76 </metadata>
77 </glsa>
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