CVE-2007-4998

Name	CVE-2007-4998
Description	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.
Source	CVE (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 Package	Release	Version	Status
coreutils (PTS)	jessie	8.23-4	fixed
	stretch	8.26-3	fixed
	buster	8.30-3	fixed
	bullseye	8.32-4	fixed
	bookworm	9.1-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	9.5-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
coreutils	source	(unstable)	4.1.2

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