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Audacity Insecure Temporary Files
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27841
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Release Date:
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2007-11-28
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Last Update:
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2008-05-08
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Popularity:
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4,464 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Manipulation of data
DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Audacity 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-6061
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Description:
Viktor Griph has reported a security issue in Audacity, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to delete arbitrary files and directories.
The security issue is caused due to the "AudacityApp::OnInit()" method in src/AudacityApp.cpp handling temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to delete arbitrary files and directories via symlink attacks, or to cause a deadlock.
The security issue is reported in version 1.3.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.3.5.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Viktor Griph
Changelog:
2008-05-08: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
Audacity:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=597859
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751
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