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SUSE-SR:2007:019:vuln9: id3lib vulnerability

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SUSE-SR:2007:019:vuln9: id3lib vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/28/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/26/2007
Modified
11/18/2015

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.

Solution(s)

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