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CVE-2008-4950

N/A
Published: November 5, 2008 at 02:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDpkg Cross

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/496413
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dpkg-cross
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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