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GLSA-200809-08 : Amarok: Insecure temporary file creation

low Nessus Plugin ID 34115

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-200809-08 (Amarok: Insecure temporary file creation)

 Dwayne Litzenberger reported that the MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete() function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp uses the album_info.xml temporary file in an insecure manner.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could perform a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Amarok users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/amarok-1.4.10'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200809-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 34115

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200809-08.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 9/9/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3699

CWE: 59

GLSA: 200809-08