CVE-2008-2958

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.4

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-team/2008-June/001672.html	Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488140
http://secunia.com/advisories/30873	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43440

Configurations

Configuration 1

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

History

24 Jan 2023, 16:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:predictapp_project:predictapp::::::::
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/commit/b067372f3ee26fe1b657121f0f41883ff4461a06 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/commit/b067372f3ee26fe1b657121f0f41883ff4461a06 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/pull/73 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/pull/73 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?id.218387 -~~	(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?id.218387 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218387 -~~	(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218387 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.8
First Time		Predictapp Project predictapp Predictapp Project

16 Jan 2023, 13:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2008-07-01 10:41

Updated : 2017-08-08 01:31

NVD link : CVE-2008-2958

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2958

Products Affected

No products.

CWE

CWE-367