Vulnerability in Debian Dpkg-Cross

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Debian Dpkg-cross — versions 2.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)