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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61605 |
Category: | Slackware Local Security Checks |
Title: | Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2008-241-01) |
Summary: | The remote host is missing an update for the 'amarok' package(s) announced via the SSA:2008-241-01 advisory. |
Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'amarok' package(s) announced via the SSA:2008-241-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New Amarok packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. In addition, new supporting libgpod packages are available for Slackware 11.0 and 12.0, since a newer version of libgpod than shipped with these releases is required to run Amarok version 1.4.10. The Magnatune music library plugin made insecure use of the /tmp directory, allowing malicious local users to overwrite files owned by the user running Amarok through symlink attacks. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: [link moved to references] Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/amarok-1.4.10-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to amarok-1.4.10. This fixes a security issue in the Magnatune online music library support which could be used by malicious local users to overwrite system files. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'amarok' package(s) on Slackware 11.0, Slackware 12.0, Slackware 12.1, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 3.3 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3699 BugTraq ID: 30662 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30662 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00097.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00057.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:172 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494765 http://secunia.com/advisories/31418 http://secunia.com/advisories/31663 http://secunia.com/advisories/31839 http://secunia.com/advisories/32357 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.455790 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-657-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2338 XForce ISS Database: amarok-magnatunebrowser-symlink(44399) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44399 |
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