63 lines
1.9 KiB
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63 lines
1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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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>2008-03-02</announced>
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<revised count="01">2008-03-02</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="https://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="2008-02-20T00:55:24Z">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-02-26T22:46:54Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-02-26T22:47:07Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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