Bug 459135 (CVE-2008-3699)

Summary:	CVE-2008-3699 amarok: temporary file vulnerability via symlink attacks (priv esc)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2008-08-14 16:46:47 UTC

Description of problem:

The "MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete()" function in Amarok 1.4.9.1 
and prior versions handles temporary files in an insecure manner. This flaw
can be used by a malicious unprivileged user via symlink attack in combination
with a race condition to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application (potential privilege escalation).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.4.9.1 and prior versions.

How reproducible:
No reproducer

Proposed patch:

http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=846626

Public mentions of this issue:

http://secunia.com/advisories/31418/
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494765
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234689

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2008-08-15 08:31:20 UTC

From CVE description:

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.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-09-10 06:33:29 UTC

amarok-1.4.10-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-09-10 06:36:49 UTC

amarok-1.4.10-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.