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Fedora 7: Moderate Advisory - id3lib Tempfile Issue Fixed

fedora
Calendar Grey August 27, 2007
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Addresses a small temporary file problem within id3lib using mkstemp. This modification aims to bolster security measures in Fedora 7.
This security update fixes a (minor) tempfile creation security issue (CVE-2007-4460) by using mkstemp (bugzilla 253553)

Summary

This package provides a software library for manipulating ID3v1 and

ID3v2 tags. It provides a convenient interface for software developers

to include standards-compliant ID3v1/2 tagging capabilities in their

applications. Features include identification of valid tags, automatic

size conversions, (re)synchronisation of tag frames, seamless tag

(de)compression, and optional padding facilities. Additionally, it can

tell mp3 header info, like bitrate etc.

This security update fixes a (minor) tempfile creation security issue (CVE-2007-4460) by using mkstemp (bugzilla 253553)

* Mon Aug 20 2007 Hans de Goede 3.8.3-17

- Use mkstemp instead of insecure tempfile creation (bz 253553)

* Mon Aug 13 2007 Hans de Goede 3.8.3-16

- Update License tag for new Licensing Guidelines compliance

[ 1 ] Bug #253553

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253553

[ 2 ] CVE-2007-4460

e6b3087e4bbf2dfa8dd88f41b6ea9877992e386f id3lib-3.8.3-17.fc7.ppc64.rpm

5dbd4f22a208836933133c1c0fb241c939394dc0 id3lib-debuginfo-3.8.3-17.fc7.ppc64.rpm

6be196648013797251adfeaae6b52720c25f94d4 id3lib-devel-3.8.3-17.fc7.ppc64.rpm

c4cc4c16f97561fae3a5f70330ab7964c1640969 id3lib-3.8.3-17.fc7.i386.rpm

2b5ae4415358b2c59247b264b3b1d1a99cbd2b9a id3lib-devel-3.8.3-17.fc7.i386.rpm

0f2544b47b544b9e8ca54e19c21ed2b2b3a210d4 id3lib-debuginfo-3.8.3-17.fc7.i386.rpm

037f38b2988545ad440c5174a7313c4fec58f0f1 id3lib-debuginfo-3.8.3-17.fc7.x86_64.rpm

ab54ab72585de3a83ef4b7502e04e57dfe6e4ab7 id3lib-3.8.3-17.fc7.x86_64.rpm

e167543feb1561e259edbcc0e49cf63487ed2eb1 id3lib-devel-3.8.3-17.fc7.x86_64.rpm

f836a7b9b33c183fc6009d611c1efd1dee4a0876 id3lib-3.8.3-17.fc7.ppc.rpm

7e2badfdca50550fdf15d0f467d4c5e4843a7e7b id3lib-debuginfo-3.8.3-17.fc7.ppc.rpm

cdfa2d1d118b41d394278f4330a63f7b47bf46ea id3lib-devel-3.8.3-17.fc7.ppc.rpm

3a9864090c09df3d7aa82eeacb6adaff2ec19592 id3lib-3.8.3-17.fc7.src.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update

package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing

Software with yum,' available at .

Fedora-package-announce mailing list

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Product: Fedora 7
Version: 3.8.3
Release: 17.fc7
Summary: Library for manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags

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