CVE catalog
CVE-2007-4998
coreutils: CVE-2007-4998
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.35% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | coreutils | sid | 9.10-1 | fixed |
| Debian | coreutils | forky | 9.10-1 | fixed |
| Debian | coreutils | trixie | 9.7-3 | fixed |
| Debian | coreutils | bookworm | 9.1-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | coreutils | source | sid | 4.1.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | coreutils | source | forky | 4.1.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | coreutils | source | trixie | 4.1.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | coreutils | source | bookworm | 4.1.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [coreutils]Fixed
Details (2)
9.1-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.1.2dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · coreutils · debian · 12
9.1-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.1.2dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · coreutils · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [coreutils]Fixed
Details (2)
9.7-3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.1.2dsa · coreutils · debian · 13
9.7-3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.1.2dsa · coreutils · debian · 13
Observed: