CVE-2008-4950

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

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: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2008-11-05
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:dpkg-cross

References

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

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