Re: amarok temp file vuln

["Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus mitre org>]

On Sat, 4 Oct 2008, Robert Buchholz wrote:

> On Friday 15 August 2008, Steven M. Christey wrote:
> > ======================================================
> > Name: CVE-2008-3699
> >
> > The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in
> > magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows
> > local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the
> > album_info.xml temporary file.
>
> It seems CVE-2008-4430 is a duplicate for this?

Yes, this was my error.  I was catching up on a backlog and didn't account
for the duplicate.

Keep CVE-2008-3699.

- Steve

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Name: CVE-2008-3699
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3699
Reference: MISC:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494765
Reference: CONFIRM:http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/1/4/10
Reference: CONFIRM:http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=846626
Reference: FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-7719
Reference: URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00097.html
Reference: FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-7739
Reference: URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00057.html
Reference: GENTOO:GLSA-200809-08
Reference: URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml
Reference: MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2008:172
Reference: URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:172
Reference: SLACKWARE:SSA:2008-241-01
Reference: URL:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.455790
Reference: FRSIRT:ADV-2008-2338
Reference: URL:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2338
Reference: SECUNIA:31418
Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31418
Reference: SECUNIA:31663
Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31663
Reference: SECUNIA:31839
Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31839

The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in
magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows
local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the
album_info.xml temporary file.


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Name: CVE-2008-4430
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4430

** REJECT **

DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.  ConsultIDs: CVE-2008-3699.  Reason:
This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2008-3699.  Notes: All CVE users
should reference CVE-2008-3699 instead of this candidate.  All
references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to
prevent accidental usage.