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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200709-08">
+ <title>id3lib: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerability has been discovered in id3lib allowing local users to
+ overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">id3lib</product>
+ <announced>2007-09-15</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2007-09-15</revised>
+ <bug>189610</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-libs/id3lib" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.8.3-r6</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.8.3-r6</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ id3lib is an open-source, cross-platform software development library
+ for reading, writing, and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Nikolaus Schulz discovered that the function RenderV2ToFile() in file
+ src/tag_file.cpp creates temporary files in an insecure manner.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a symlink attack
+ to overwrite arbitrary files.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All id3lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/id3lib-3.8.3-r6"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4460">CVE-2007-4460</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-09-13T20:50:09Z">
+ mfleming
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-09-14T08:35:20Z">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>