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CVE-2008-2958

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2008-07-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Checkinstall Checkinstall

Weakness Type

CWE-362

References