CVE-2008-2958

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-2958

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-07-01T22:41:00

Last Modified Date
2017-08-08T01:31:28

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-362	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:checkinstall:checkinstall:1.6.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
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

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2958
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2958

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:07:11				Added to TrackCVE