CVE-2012-3355

Publication date 27 June 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

(1) AlbumTab.py, (2) ArtistTab.py, (3) LinksTab.py, and (4) LyricsTab.py in the Context module in GNOME Rhythmbox 0.13.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on a temporary HTML template file in the /tmp/context directory.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
rhythmbox 12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.96-0ubuntu4.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1.4
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

does not affect 11.04 and earlier Context plugin not enabled by default in Ubuntu upstream has not settled on a patch, but after analyzing the proposed patch, it should address the issue sufficiently (see comment #2 from the upstream bug)

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