GLSA-200709-08 : id3lib: Insecure temporary file creation

high Nessus Plugin ID 26098

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200709-08 (id3lib: Insecure temporary file creation)

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

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All id3lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/id3lib-3.8.3-r6'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 26098

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200709-08.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 9/24/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:id3lib, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4460

BID: 25372

GLSA: 200709-08

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