CVE-2008-4950 | BDVDB-2026-33261 Detail

Description#

gccross in dpkg-cross 2.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the tmp/gccross2.log temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "There is no sense in this bug - the script ... is called under specific cross-building environments within a chroot.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dpkg-cross
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://bugs.debian.org/496413

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12008-11-05Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.