CVE-2008-0931

MEDIUM 6.3CVE-2008-0931 · Published 04/03/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-0931 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability affecting xwine (xwine).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.36%, higher than 30.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xwine xwine	`= 1.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

w_export.c in XWine 1.0.1 on Debian GNU/Linux sets insecure permissions (0666) for /etc/wine/config, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service by modifying the file.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/29125 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/29452
debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1526
securityfocus.com/bid/28369

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