metadata/glsa/glsa-200501-42.xml

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<glsa id="200501-42">
  <title>VDR: Arbitrary file overwriting issue</title>
  <synopsis>
    VDR insecurely accesses files with elevated privileges, which may result in
    the overwriting of arbitrary files.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">VDR</product>
  <announced>January 30, 2005</announced>
  <revised>January 30, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>78230</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/vdr" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.2.6-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.6-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a Linux-based digital video recorder.
    The VDR program handles the On Screen Menu system that offers complete
    control over channel settings, timers and recordings.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Team
    discovered that VDR accesses user-controlled files insecurely.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could create malicious links and invoke a VDR
    recording that would overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All VDR users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/vdr-1.2.6-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0071">CAN-2005-0071</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:22:04 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:59:05 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 29 Jan 2005 11:54:01 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>