CVE-2008-2958

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2958
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-01 22:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Checkinstall Checkinstall 1.6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[Secure-testing-team] Bug#488140: checkinstall: Unsafe temp dir creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.alioth.debian.org Exploit
CheckInstall Insecure Temporary Files - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#488140 - checkinstall: Unsafe temp dir creation - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
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