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Echo: dpkg-cross: security update to 2.6.20

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457441

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2008-4950)

Solution

Update the dpkg-cross library and its related packages to version 2.6.20 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2008-4950

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457441

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4950

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4950