CVE-2008-2958

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    CVE-2008-2958

    Published: 1 Jul 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High