CVE-2008-4950
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2008-11-05
- Last modified
- 2024-09-17
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Affected products
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496413
- 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
