Audacity: Insecure temporary file creation

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200803-03 / audacity
Release Date	March 02, 2008
Latest Revision	March 02, 2008: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	local

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-sound/audacity	< 1.3.4-r1	>= 1.3.4-r1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #199751

Synopsis

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

2. Impact Information

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Audacity users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/audacity-1.3.4-r1"

4. References

CVE-2007-6061

Updated March 02, 2008

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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