<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <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>2005-01-30</announced> <revised count="01">2005-01-30</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 ">=media-video/vdr-1.2.6-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0071">CAN-2005-0071</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-01-29T10:22:04Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-01-29T10:59:05Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-01-29T11:54:01Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>