CVE-2008-3323 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3323
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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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44047 SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4051 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA31271 MLIST http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html MISC http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-02.txt BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494756/100/0/threaded BID 30375

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