Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 1, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-2958

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.

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Affected products

Checkinstall/Checkinstall2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:checkinstall:checkinstall:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:checkinstall:checkinstall:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.6.1
installwatch/installwatchllm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-team/2008-June/001672.htmlnvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/30873nvdVendor Advisory
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43440nvd

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