CVE-2007-6061

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    CVE-2007-6061

    Published: 20 Nov 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751, http://secunia.com/advisories/27841, http://secunia.com/advisories/29206, http://secunia.com/advisories/30191, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:074, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26608, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4025, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00075.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00087.html, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199751, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26608

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High