CVE-2008-3323

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

setup.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.

Affected products

RedHat Cygwin: through 1.7

References

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31271
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4051
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-02.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494756/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30375
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2321
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449929
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44047
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31271
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4051

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