CVE-2008-2958

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-07-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

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.

Affected products

Checkinstall: 1.6.1

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
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

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