1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200709-08 / id3lib |
| Release Date | September 15, 2007 |
| Latest Revision | September 15, 2007: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | local |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| media-libs/id3lib | < 3.8.3-r6 | >= 3.8.3-r6 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #189610
A vulnerability has been discovered in id3lib allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
id3lib is an open-source, cross-platform software development library for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags.
Nikolaus Schulz discovered that the function RenderV2ToFile() in file src/tag_file.cpp creates temporary files in an insecure manner.
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All id3lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/id3lib-3.8.3-r6" |