{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4950","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:32.952785834Z","published":"2008-11-05T15:00:15.197Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-4950"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4950"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dpkg-cross","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/dpkg-cross?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.20","2.6.21","2.6.22","2.6.23"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4950.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dpkg-cross","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/dpkg-cross?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.20","2.6.21","2.6.22","2.6.23"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4950.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dpkg-cross","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/dpkg-cross?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.20","2.6.21","2.6.22","2.6.23"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4950.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}