CVE-2008-4950
** 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."
Date published : 2008-11-05