National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3699
Original release date:08/14/2008
Last revised:03/18/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the album_info.xml temporary file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-7719
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-7739
External Source: XF
Name: amarok-magnatunebrowser-symlink(44399)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-657-1
External Source: BID
Name: 30662
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:172
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2338
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=846626
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2008-241-01
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200809-08
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32357
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31839
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31663
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31418
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494765
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/1/4/10