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TITLE:
Babiloo Insecure Temporary Files Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40884

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-08-09

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in Babiloo, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with
escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the application creating
temporary files in an insecure manner when downloading online
dictionaries. This can be exploited to e.g. overwrite arbitrary files
with the privileges of the user running Babiloo via symlink attacks.

The security issue is confirmed in version 2.0.9 on a Linux system.
Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to trusted users only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Jakub Wilk in a Debian bug.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591995

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EXPLOIT:
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