CVE-2008-2958

MEDIUM 4.4CVE-2008-2958 · Published 01/07/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-2958 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability affecting checkinstall (checkinstall).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.28%, higher than 21.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
checkinstall checkinstall	`= 1.6.1`	No fix yet

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.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-team/2008-June/001672.html · Exploit
secunia.com/advisories/30873 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43440

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