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GLSA-200803-03 : Audacity: Insecure temporary file creation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31330

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-200803-03 (Audacity: Insecure temporary file creation)

 Viktor Griph reported that the 'AudacityApp::OnInit()' method in file src/AudacityApp.cpp does not handle temporary files properly.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink attacks to delete arbitrary files and directories with the privileges of the user running Audacity.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Audacity users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/audacity-1.3.4-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31330

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200803-03.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 3/4/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6061

GLSA: 200803-03