CVE-2008-3323

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3323
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-28 17:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionsetup.exe before 2.573.2.3 in Cygwin does not properly verify the authenticity of packages, which allows remote Cygwin mirror servers or man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a package list containing the MD5 checksum of a Trojan horse package.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Cygwin All 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
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Cygwin Package Handling Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Cygwin Installation and Update Process can be Subverted Vulnerability - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Dave Korn - Updated: Setup.exe updated to version 2.573.2.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cygwin.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Cygwin 'setup.exe' Installation and Update Process Mirror Authenticity Verification Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 449929 – CVE-2008-3323 Cygwin installation and update process can be subverted af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-02.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.security-objectives.com
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