Audacity 1.3.2 deadlock

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Audacity 1.3.2. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to deadlock. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-6061. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Audacity 1.3.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deadlock vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-833. The product contains multiple threads or executable segments that are waiting for each other to release a necessary lock, resulting in deadlock. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for previous existence of that directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (recording deadlock) by creating the directory before Audacity is run. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

The bug was discovered 11/20/2007. The weakness was published 11/20/2007 with Gentoo (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6061 since 11/20/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32202 (Fedora 7 : audacity-1.3.2-21.fc7 (2008-3511)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38731), Tenable (32202), SecurityFocus (BID 26608†), OSVDB (42447†) and Secunia (SA27841†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Deadlock
CWE: CWE-833 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32202
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : audacity-1.3.2-21.fc7 (2008-3511)
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OpenVAS ID: 860950
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Audacity 1.3.2

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Gentoo
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-6061 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6061
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39785
X-Force: 38731
SecurityFocus: 26608 - Audacity Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 27841
OSVDB: 42447 - Audacity - Insecure Temporary File Creation Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17826 - Audacity Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS by Creating Certain Temp Directory, Low
Vupen: ADV-2007-4025

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/06/2019 16:39
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (71), 08/06/2019 16:39 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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