CVE-2008-2958 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2008-07-01

Score: 4.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2948	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 0.00283.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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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Subscriptions

Checkinstall Checkinstall

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-07-01T22:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2008-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2958

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:54:49.440

Link: CVE-2008-2958

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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