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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200501-42">
+ <title>VDR: Arbitrary file overwriting issue</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ VDR insecurely accesses files with elevated privileges, which may result in
+ the overwriting of arbitrary files.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">VDR</product>
+ <announced>2005-01-30</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2005-01-30</revised>
+ <bug>78230</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-video/vdr" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.2.6-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.6-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a Linux-based digital video recorder.
+ The VDR program handles the On Screen Menu system that offers complete
+ control over channel settings, timers and recordings.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Team
+ discovered that VDR accesses user-controlled files insecurely.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could create malicious links and invoke a VDR
+ recording that would overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All VDR users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/vdr-1.2.6-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0071">CAN-2005-0071</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-01-29T10:22:04Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-01-29T10:59:05Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-01-29T11:54:01Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>