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CVE-2007-4460

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2007-10-01	id3lib -- insecure temporary file creation

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CVE-2007-4460 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2007-4460
Phase	Assigned(20070821)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=438540
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253553
DEBIAN	DSA-1365
GENTOO	GLSA-200709-08
MANDRIVA	MDKSA-2007:180
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2007:019
BID	25372
SECTRACK	1018667
SECUNIA	26536
SECUNIA	26646
SECUNIA	26793
SECUNIA	26818
SECUNIA	26987