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  • Committer: Steve Beattie
  • Date: 2019-02-19 06:18:27 UTC
  • Revision ID: sbeattie@ubuntu.com-20190219061827-oh57fzcfc1u9dlfk
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Candidate: CVE-2008-4950
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PublicDate: 2008-11-05
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References:
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 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4950
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Description:
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 ** DISPUTED ** gccross in dpkg-cross 2.3.0 allows local users to overwrite
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 arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the tmp/gccross2.log temporary
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 file.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "There is
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 no sense in this bug - the script ... is called under specific
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 cross-building environments within a chroot."
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Ubuntu-Description:
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Notes:
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 mdeslaur> this is disputed, let's ignore
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Bugs:
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Priority: low
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Discovered-by:
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Assigned-to:
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Patches_dpkg-cross:
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upstream_dpkg-cross: ignored
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dapper_dpkg-cross: ignored (reached end-of-life)
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gutsy_dpkg-cross: needed (reached end-of-life)
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hardy_dpkg-cross: ignored
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intrepid_dpkg-cross: ignored
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jaunty_dpkg-cross: ignored
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karmic_dpkg-cross: ignored
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devel_dpkg-cross: ignored