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Fedora 22: 2015-8dd01b09a9 Moderate: Arts IPC Hijacking Issue

Security fix for CVE-2015-7543 in arts (the legacy aRts sound server): A temporary directory was being created insecurely using mktemp and mkdir, allowing an attacker to hijack the temporary directory and thus the inter- process communication (IPC). This update fixes the temporary directory creation to use the safe mkdtemp function instead.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-8dd01b09a9 2015-12-30 17:33:17.150916 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : arts Product : Fedora 22 Version : 1.5.10 Release : 30.fc22 URL : https://kde.org/ Summary : aRts (analog realtime synthesizer) - the KDE sound system Description : arts (analog real-time synthesizer) is the sound system of KDE 3. The principle of arts is to create/process sound using small modules which do certain tasks. These may be create a waveform (oscillators), play samples, filter data, add signals, perform effects like delay/flanger/chorus, or output the data to the soundcard. By connecting all those small modules together, you can perform complex tasks like simulating a mixer, generating an instrument or things like playing a wave file with some effects. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2015-7543 in arts (the legacy aRts sound server): A temporary directory was being created insecurely using mktemp and mkdir, allowing an attacker to hijack the temporary directory and thus the inter- process communication (IPC). This update fixes the temporary directory creation to use the safe mkdtemp function instead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1280543 - CVE-2015-7543 arts,kdelibs3: Use of mktemp(3) allows attacker to hijack the IPC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1280543 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update arts' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . Patch addresses vulnerable temp directory configurations in the audio service, preventing IPC exploitation. Critical security notification!. Fedora Update, Arts Security, IPC Hijacking Fix, Temporary Directory Issues. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 30, 2015 Fedora