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title: "CVE-2008-3699\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-3699

Publication date 14 August 2008

Last updated 26 May 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in
magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows local
users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the
album\_info.xml temporary file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3699?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| amarok | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2:1.4.9.1-0ubuntu3.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2:1.4.7-0ubuntu3.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3699?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper) does not contain the vulnerable code
amarok tries to remove the file before opening it, so there is
a TOCTOU vulnerability and a symlink could be inserted before open. This
makes the attack much harder, but still possible.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| amarok | * Other:   <http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=846626> * Vendor:   <http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml> * Vendor:   <http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:172> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3699)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3699)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-3699)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3699)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-657-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-657-1)
+ Amarok vulnerability
+ 21 October 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3699>