Security
Security
A vulnerability has been discovered in id3lib allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
| Package | media-libs/id3lib on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 3.8.3-r6 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 3.8.3-r6 |
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:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/id3lib-3.8.3-r6"
Release date
September 15, 2007
Latest revision
September 15, 2007: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local
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