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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61414
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:172 (amarok)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to amarok
announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:172.

A flaw in Amarok prior to 1.4.10 would allow local users to overwrite
arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file that Amarok
created with a predictable name (CVE-2008-3699).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:172

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
3.3

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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