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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.

Published

2008-11-05T15:00:15.197

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	debian	dpkg-cross	2.3.0	Yes

References

http://bugs.debian.org/496413 ([email protected])
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dpkg-cross Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 ([email protected])
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/496413 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dpkg-cross Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)