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

2008-03-0300:00:00

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-03

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Severity: Normal
Title: Audacity: Insecure temporary file creation
Date: March 02, 2008
Bugs: #199751
ID: 200803-03

Synopsis

Audacity uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a
symlink attack.

Background

Audacity is a free cross-platform audio editor.

Affected packages

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1 media-sound/audacity < 1.3.4-r1 >= 1.3.4-r1

Description

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.

Resolution

All Audacity users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-sound/audacity-1.3.4-r1&quot;

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6061
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6061

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.