CVE-2007-4998
Published: 31 January 2008
cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| jdstrand | Ubuntu coreutils should not be affected. This problem is many years old. busybox 1.6.1 and 1.9.0 known not to be affected |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
busybox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| edgy |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| feisty |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| gutsy |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| intrepid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jaunty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| karmic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| maverick |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| natty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| oneiric |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| raring |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
|
coreutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Not vulnerable
|
| edgy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| feisty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| gutsy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| hardy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| intrepid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jaunty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| karmic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| maverick |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| natty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| oneiric |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| raring |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|