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Purlpkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%2Bgit20170426.d24a630-2?distro=trixie
Typedeb
Namespacedebian
Namecheckinstall
Version1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2
Qualifiers
distro trixie
Subpath
Is_vulnerablefalse
Next_non_vulnerable_version1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3
Latest_non_vulnerable_version1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1
Affected_by_vulnerabilities
Fixing_vulnerabilities
0
url VCID-e7c1-q4cj-sycv
vulnerability_id VCID-e7c1-q4cj-sycv
summary 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.
references
0
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
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
2
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
fixed_packages
0
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
1
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
2
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
3
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
aliases CVE-2008-2958
risk_score null
exploitability null
weighted_severity null
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-e7c1-q4cj-sycv
Risk_scorenull
Resource_urlhttp://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall@1.6.2%252Bgit20170426.d24a630-2%3Fdistro=trixie