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  • Committer: Steve Beattie
  • Date: 2019-02-19 06:18:27 UTC
  • Revision ID: sbeattie@ubuntu.com-20190219061827-oh57fzcfc1u9dlfk
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PublicDate: 2007-08-21
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Candidate: CVE-2007-4460
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References:
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 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4460
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Description:
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 The RenderV2ToFile function in tag_file.cpp in id3lib (aka libid3) 3.8.3
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 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a
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 temporary file whose name is constructed from the name of a file being
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 tagged.
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Ubuntu-Description:
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Notes:
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 kees> this is barely a security issue: attackers able to write to your
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    local working directory can do many other bad things to you too.
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 jdstrand> fixed in [DSA 1365-3]
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Bugs:
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Priority: negligible
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dapper_id3lib3.8.3: ignored (reached end-of-life)
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edgy_id3lib3.8.3: needed (reached end-of-life)
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feisty_id3lib3.8.3: needed (reached end-of-life)
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gutsy_id3lib3.8.3: released (3.8.3-7ubuntu1)
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hardy_id3lib3.8.3: released (3.8.3-7ubuntu1)
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intrepid_id3lib3.8.3: released (3.8.3-7ubuntu1)
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jaunty_id3lib3.8.3: released (3.8.3-7ubuntu1)
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devel_id3lib3.8.3: released (3.8.3-7ubuntu1)
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upstream_id3lib3.8.3: