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Vulnerability_idVCID-e7c1-q4cj-sycv
SummaryRace 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.
Aliases
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alias CVE-2008-2958
Fixed_packages
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url pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.1-7?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.1-7?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.1-7%3Fdistro=trixie
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url pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.1-8
purl pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.1-8
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.1-8
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url pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%2Bgit20170426.d24a630-2?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%2Bgit20170426.d24a630-2?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%252Bgit20170426.d24a630-2%3Fdistro=trixie
3
url pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%2Bgit20170426.d24a630-3?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%2Bgit20170426.d24a630-3?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%252Bgit20170426.d24a630-3%3Fdistro=trixie
4
url pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%2Bgit20170426.d24a630-5.1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%2Bgit20170426.d24a630-5.1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%252Bgit20170426.d24a630-5.1%3Fdistro=trixie
Affected_packages
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url pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.5.3-3
purl pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.5.3-3
is_vulnerable true
affected_by_vulnerabilities
0
vulnerability VCID-e7c1-q4cj-sycv
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.5.3-3
References
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reference_url https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2958
reference_id
reference_type
scores
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value 0.00051
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.16168
published_at 2026-06-11T12:55:00Z
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value 0.00051
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.16311
published_at 2026-06-12T12:55:00Z
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value 0.00051
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.16323
published_at 2026-06-13T12:55:00Z
url https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2958
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reference_url https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2958
reference_id
reference_type
scores
url https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2958
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reference_url https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488140
reference_id 488140
reference_type
scores
url https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488140
Weaknesses
Exploits
Severity_range_scorenull
Exploitability0.5
Weighted_severity0.0
Risk_scorenull
Resource_urlhttp://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-e7c1-q4cj-sycv