oss-security - Re: amarok temp file vuln

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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:56:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: amarok temp file vuln

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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: SECUNIA:31418
Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31418

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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