CVE-ID

CVE-2008-2958

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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
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080701 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080701)
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Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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