Bug 1063671 (CVE-2014-1934) - CVE-2014-1934 python-eyed3: insecure temporary file creation
Summary: CVE-2014-1934 python-eyed3: insecure temporary file creation
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-1934
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1063672 1063673
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-02-11 08:39 UTC by Murray McAllister
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:13 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-11-13 02:41:46 UTC
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sym link attact patch (1.89 KB, patch)
2014-11-19 01:16 UTC, Niranjan Mallapadi Raghavender 		no flags Details | Diff
python-eyed3 spec file (3.96 KB, text/plain)
2014-11-19 02:37 UTC, Niranjan Mallapadi Raghavender 		no flags Details
Modified sym link attack patch (1.75 KB, patch)
2014-11-19 02:38 UTC, Niranjan Mallapadi Raghavender 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Murray McAllister 2014-02-11 08:39:08 UTC 
Jakub Wilk discovered two instances in tag.py where temporary files were created insecurely via mktemp(). A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to modify an arbitrary file.

Further details are available in the original report: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737062
Comment 1 Murray McAllister 2014-02-11 08:40:43 UTC 
Created python-eyed3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1063672]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1063673]
Comment 2 Niranjan Mallapadi Raghavender 2014-09-09 03:58:30 UTC 
Upstream has fixed the Issue: 
https://bitbucket.org/nicfit/eyed3/commits/372bbacb7a70
Comment 3 Niranjan Mallapadi Raghavender 2014-11-19 01:16:19 UTC 
Created attachment 958810 [details]
sym link attact patch

Protect against sym link attack in tag.py
Comment 4 Niranjan Mallapadi Raghavender 2014-11-19 02:37:14 UTC 
Created attachment 958847 [details]
python-eyed3 spec file

Modified python-eyed3 spec file containing sym link attack patch. This Patch is for fedora 20.
Comment 5 Niranjan Mallapadi Raghavender 2014-11-19 02:38:31 UTC 
Created attachment 958849 [details]
Modified sym link attack patch

Modified the patch so that python-eyed3 can be built successfully with this patch.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2014-12-01 19:04:25 UTC 
python-eyed3-0.7.4-4.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2014-12-01 19:04:31 UTC 
python-eyed3-0.7.4-4.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2014-12-05 01:14:21 UTC 
python-eyed3-0.7.4-5.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2014-12-05 01:14:27 UTC 
python-eyed3-0.7.4-4.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2014-12-06 10:14:25 UTC 
python-eyed3-0.7.4-4.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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