DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4998

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4998
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4998.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4998
Upstream
Published
2008-01-31T21:00:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:28Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4998.json"

Debian:13 / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4998.json"

Debian:14 / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4998.json"