Executive Summary

Summary
Title Audacity: Insecure temporary file creation
Informations
Name GLSA-200803-03 First vendor Publication 2008-03-02
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2008-03-02
Severity (Vendor) Normal 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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Audacity uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink attack.

Background

Audacity is a free cross-platform audio editor.

Description

Viktor Griph reported that the "AudacityApp::OnInit()" method in file src/AudacityApp.cpp does not handle temporary files properly.

Impact

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink attacks to delete arbitrary files and directories with the privileges of the user running Audacity.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Audacity users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/audacity-1.3.4-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6061 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6061

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

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

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for audacity MDVSA-2008:074 (audacity)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_074.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for audacity FEDORA-2008-3456
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3456_audacity_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for audacity FEDORA-2008-3511
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3511_audacity_fc7.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200803-03 (audacity)
File : nvt/glsa_200803_03.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
42447 Audacity Temporary File Race Condition DoS

Audacity contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to overwrite arbitrary files. The issue is triggered by calls to 'AudacityApp::OnInit()'. It is possible that the flaw may lead to a loss of integrity and/or availability.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-074.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-3456.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-3511.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-04 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200803-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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