Executive Summary

Informations
Name MDVSA-2008:172 First vendor Publication 2008-08-15
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2008-08-15
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 3.3 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A flaw in Amarok prior to 1.4.10 would allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file that Amarok created with a predictable name (CVE-2008-3699).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:172

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17711
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17711
Title: USN-657-1 -- amarok vulnerability
Description: Dwayne Litzenberger discovered that Amarok created temporary files in an insecure way.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-657-1
CVE-2008-3699
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
 Product(s): amarok
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for amarok MDVSA-2008:172 (amarok)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_172.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for amarok vulnerability USN-657-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_657_1.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for amarok FEDORA-2008-7719
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_7719_amarok_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for amarok FEDORA-2008-7739
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_7739_amarok_fc9.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-08 (amarok)
File : nvt/glsa_200809_08.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-241-01 amarok
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_241_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
47455 Amarok magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadCo...

Amarok contains a flaw that may allow a malicious local user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The issue is due to the MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete() creating temporary files insecurely. It is possible for a user to use a symlink style attack to manipulate arbitrary files, resulting in a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-172.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-657-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-7719.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-7739.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200809-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-30 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2008-241-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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