id3lib: Insecure temporary file creation

id3lib: Insecure temporary file creation A vulnerability has been discovered in id3lib allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. id3lib September 15, 2007 September 15, 2007: 01 189610 local 3.8.3-r6 3.8.3-r6

id3lib is an open-source, cross-platform software development library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags.

Nikolaus Schulz discovered that the function RenderV2ToFile() in file src/tag_file.cpp creates temporary files in an insecure manner.

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All id3lib users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/id3lib-3.8.3-r6"

CVE-2007-4460 mfleming falco