summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/metadata/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100
committerV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100
commit4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch)
treeba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /metadata/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
Diffstat (limited to 'metadata/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml')
-rw-r--r--metadata/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml65
1 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6506ef699a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200809-08">
+ <title>Amarok: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Amarok uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink
+ attack.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">amarok</product>
+ <announced>2008-09-08</announced>
+ <revised>2008-09-08: 01</revised>
+ <bug>234689</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-sound/amarok" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.4.10</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.10</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Amarok is an advanced music player.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Dwayne Litzenberger reported that the
+ MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete() function in
+ magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp uses the album_info.xml temporary
+ file in an insecure manner.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could perform a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary
+ files on the system with the privileges of the user running the
+ application.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Amarok users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-sound/amarok-1.4.10"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3699">CVE-2008-3699</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-09-02T17:05:46Z">
+ keytoaster
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-09-05T21:54:43Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-09-05T21:54:55Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>