The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the album_info.xml temporary file.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3699
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44399
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00057.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00097.html
• http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/1/4/10
• 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.455790
• http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=846626
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:172
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30662
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-657-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2338