CVE-2007-4998

NameCVE-2007-4998
Descriptioncp, 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
coreutils (PTS)buster8.30-3fixed
bullseye8.32-4fixed
bookworm9.1-1fixed
trixie9.4-3fixed
sid9.4-3.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
coreutilssource(unstable)4.1.2

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=356471

Search for package or bug name: Reporting problems