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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2958

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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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43440

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA30873

MISC
  http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-team/2008-June/001672.html

CONFIRM
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488140


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