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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-07-01T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:34.958Z

Reserved: 2008-07-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2958

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-01T22:41:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:48:06.430

Link: CVE-2008-2958

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