CVE-2008-2958 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Race condition in (1) checkinstall 1.6.1 and (2) installwatch allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and have other impacts via symlink and possibly other attacks on temporary working directories.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00051.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Checkinstall	Checkinstall

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:checkinstall:checkinstall:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488140
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-team/2008-June/001672.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30873
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43440

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-07-01T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:34.958Z

Reserved: 2008-07-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2958

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-07-01T22:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2958

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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