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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200501-42.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200501-42">
<title>VDR: Arbitrary file overwriting issue</title>
<synopsis>
VDR insecurely accesses files with elevated privileges, which may result in
the overwriting of arbitrary files.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">VDR</product>
<announced>January 30, 2005</announced>
<revised>January 30, 2005: 01</revised>
<bug>78230</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="media-video/vdr" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.2.6-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.2.6-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a Linux-based digital video recorder.
The VDR program handles the On Screen Menu system that offers complete
control over channel settings, timers and recordings.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Team
discovered that VDR accesses user-controlled files insecurely.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A local attacker could create malicious links and invoke a VDR
recording that would overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All VDR users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/vdr-1.2.6-r1&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0071">CAN-2005-0071</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:22:04 +0000">
jaervosz
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:59:05 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 29 Jan 2005 11:54:01 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
</glsa>