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Gentoo: 200809-08 Moderate: Amarok Symlink Attack Risk Report

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Calendar Grey September 8, 2008
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Amarok uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink attack.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-08 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Amarok: Insecure temporary file creation Date: September 08, 2008 Bugs: #234689 ID: 200809-08

Synopsis ======= Amarok uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink attack.
Background ========= Amarok is an advanced music player.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/amarok < 1.4.10 >= 1.4.10
========== Dwayne Litzenberger reported that the MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete() function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp uses the album_info.xml temporary file in an insecure manner.
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