CVE-2007-4460

2007-08-2100:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.3%

JSON

The RenderV2ToFile function in tag_file.cpp in id3lib (aka libid3) 3.8.3
allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a
temporary file whose name is constructed from the name of a file being
tagged.

Notes

Author	Note
kees	this is barely a security issue: attackers able to write to your local working directory can do many other bad things to you too.
jdstrand	fixed in [DSA 1365-3]

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu7.10noarchid3lib3.8.3< 3.8.3-7ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu8.04noarchid3lib3.8.3< 3.8.3-7ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu8.10noarchid3lib3.8.3< 3.8.3-7ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu9.04noarchid3lib3.8.3< 3.8.3-7ubuntu1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	7.10	noarch	id3lib3.8.3	< 3.8.3-7ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	8.04	noarch	id3lib3.8.3	< 3.8.3-7ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	8.10	noarch	id3lib3.8.3	< 3.8.3-7ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	9.04	noarch	id3lib3.8.3	< 3.8.3-7ubuntu1	UNKNOWN