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CVE-2008-4950
medium
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.
References
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-4929
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2