| Name | CVE-2008-3699 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 494765 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| amarok (PTS) | jessie | 2.8.0-2.1 | fixed |
| stretch | 2.8.0-8 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.1.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| amarok | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| amarok | source | (unstable) | 1.4.10-1 | unimportant | | 494765 |
Notes
The code in question doesn't dereference the symlink, tested with Etch
and Lenny. Given that it only takes a minute to test this, it's surprising
that at least one vendor issued an advisory and upstream pushed a new release...