<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200803-03"> <title>Audacity: Insecure temporary file creation</title> <synopsis> Audacity uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink attack. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">audacity</product> <announced>2008-03-02</announced> <revised count="01">2008-03-02</revised> <bug>199751</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="media-sound/audacity" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.3.4-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.4-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Audacity is a free cross-platform audio editor. </p> </background> <description> <p> Viktor Griph reported that the "AudacityApp::OnInit()" method in file src/AudacityApp.cpp does not handle temporary files properly. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> 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. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Audacity users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/audacity-1.3.4-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6061">CVE-2007-6061</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-02-20T00:55:24Z"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-02-26T22:46:54Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-02-26T22:47:07Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>