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CVE-2008-3323

HIGH CVSS: 7.6 Published: 2008-07-28 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

setup.exe before 2.573.2.3 in Cygwin does not properly verify the authenticity of packages, which allows remote Cygwin mirror servers or man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a package list containing the MD5 checksum of a Trojan horse package.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Cygwin

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References