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Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : amarok vulnerability (USN-657-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 37944

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

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).

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Solution

Update the affected amarok, amarok-engines and / or amarok-xine packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/657-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 37944

File Name: ubuntu_USN-657-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amarok, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amarok-engines, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amarok-xine, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3699

BID: 30662

CWE: 59

USN: 657-1