Mandriva Update for audacity MDVSA-2008:074 (audacity). Audacity creates a predictable temporary directory leading to denial of service and symlink attack
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 22 |
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![]() | CVE-2007-6061 | 20 Nov 200723:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2007-6061 | 20 Nov 200723:46 | – | nvd |
![]() | CVE-2007-6061 | 20 Nov 200700:00 | – | ubuntucve |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200803-03 (audacity) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for audacity FEDORA-2008-3511 | 17 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for audacity FEDORA-2008-3456 | 17 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for audacity FEDORA-2008-3511 | 17 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200803-03 (audacity) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for audacity FEDORA-2008-3456 | 17 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mandriva Update for audacity MDVSA-2008:074 (audacity) | 9 Apr 200900:00 | – | openvas |
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
#
# Mandriva Update for audacity MDVSA-2008:074 (audacity)
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "Audacity creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without
checking for previous existence of that directory, which allows local
users to cause a denial of service (recording deadlock) by creating
the directory before Audacity is run. This issue can also be leveraged
to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.
The updated package fixes the issue.";
tag_affected = "audacity on Mandriva Linux 2007.1,
Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
if(description)
{
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://lists.mandriva.com/security-announce/2008-03/msg00026.php");
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.830672");
script_version("$Revision: 9370 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-04-06 10:53:14 +0200 (Fri, 06 Apr 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-04-09 14:18:58 +0200 (Thu, 09 Apr 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_xref(name: "MDVSA", value: "2008:074");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6061");
script_name( "Mandriva Update for audacity MDVSA-2008:074 (audacity)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check for the Version of audacity");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Mandrake Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mandriva_mandrake_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "MNDK_2007.1")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"audacity", rpm:"audacity~1.3.2~4.1mdv2007.1", rls:"MNDK_2007.1")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
if(release == "MNDK_2008.0")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"audacity", rpm:"audacity~1.3.3~1.1mdv2008.0", rls:"MNDK_2008.0")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
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