CVE-2008-4950

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None

Description

** DISPUTED ** 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."

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-4950

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2008-11-05T15:00:15

Last Modified Date
2009-07-20T04:00:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg-cross:2.3.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.9

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dpkg-cross	Exploit
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

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4950
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4950

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 11:14:41				Added to TrackCVE