Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61793
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-657-1 (amarok)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to amarok announced via advisory USN-657-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Dwayne Litzenberger discovered that Amarok created temporary files in an insecure way. Local users could exploit a race condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-3699) Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: amarok 2:1.4.7-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: amarok 2:1.4.9.1-0ubuntu3.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Amarok to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-657-1 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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