vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2008-4950: dpkg-cross -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
May 15, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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