CVE-2007-4460 (GCVE-0-2007-4460)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-08-21 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 14:53
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The RenderV2ToFile function in tag_file.cpp in id3lib (aka libid3) 3.8.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file whose name is constructed from the name of a file being tagged.
References
cve@mitre.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=438540
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26536 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26646
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26793
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26818
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
cve@mitre.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-08.xml
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1365
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:180
cve@mitre.org http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25372 Exploit
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018667
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253553
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=438540
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26536 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26646
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26793
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26818
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-08.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1365
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:180
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25372 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018667
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253553
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