CVE-2008-2958

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.4 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-07-01

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected products

• Checkinstall (Checkinstall)

References

• 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