--- title: "CVE-2007-6061\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6061?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-6061 Publication date 20 November 2007 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6061?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | audacity | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1 | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.2.6-0ubuntu1.1 | | 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.2.4b-2ubuntu2.1 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [fujitsu](https://launchpad.net/~fujitsu) The denial of service requires changing the ownership of the directory after audacity is already running. ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6061) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6061) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-6061) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6061) ### Other references * * *