CVE-2008-4950

Impact

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 products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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