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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200803-03">
+ <title>Audacity: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Audacity uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink
+ attack.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">audacity</product>
+ <announced>2008-03-02</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-03-02</revised>
+ <bug>199751</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-sound/audacity" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.3.4-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.4-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Audacity is a free cross-platform audio editor.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Viktor Griph reported that the "AudacityApp::OnInit()" method in file
+ src/AudacityApp.cpp does not handle temporary files properly.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink
+ attacks to delete arbitrary files and directories with the privileges
+ of the user running Audacity.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Audacity users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-sound/audacity-1.3.4-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6061">CVE-2007-6061</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-02-20T00:55:24Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-02-26T22:46:54Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-02-26T22:47:07Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>