CVE-2007-4460 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=438540 http://secunia.com/advisories/26536 http://secunia.com/advisories/26646 http://secunia.com/advisories/26793 http://secunia.com/advisories/26818 http://secunia.com/advisories/26987 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-08.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1365 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:180 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25372 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018667 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253553