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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-24            security@pardus.org.tr
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       Date: 2008-08-15
   Severity: 2
       Type: Local
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Summary
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A security issue has been reported in Amarok, which can be exploited by
malicious,  local users  to  perform  certain  actions  with  escalated
privileges.


Description
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The     security issue     is      caused      due      to      the
"MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete()" function handling  temporary
files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited via symlink  attacks
in combination with a race condition to overwrite arbitrary files  with
the privileges of the user running the application.


Affected packages:

   Pardus 2008:
     amarok, all before 1.4.9.1-52-4
     amarok-docs, all before 1.4.9.1-52-4

   Pardus 2007:
     amarok, all before 1.4.9.1-50-37
     amarok-docs, all before 1.4.9.1-50-38


Resolution
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There are update(s) for amarok, amarok-docs. You can  update  them  via
Package Manager or with a single command from console:

   Pardus 2008:
     pisi up amarok amarok-docs

   Pardus 2007:
     pisi up amarok amarok-docs


References
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   * http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3699
   * http://secunia.com/advisories/31418
   * http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494765
   * http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=846626

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Pardus Security Team
http://security.pardus.org.tr