CVE catalog

CVE-2008-2958

checkinstall: CVE-2008-2958

Severity: Medium
Published: Jul 1, 2008, 10:41:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.28% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	checkinstall	sid	`1.8.3-1`	fixed
Debian	checkinstall	forky	`1.8.3-1`	fixed
Debian	checkinstall	trixie	`1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1`	fixed
Debian	checkinstall	bookworm	`1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	checkinstall	source	sid	`1.6.1-7`	low	Not reported	[488140]
Debian	checkinstall	source	forky	`1.6.1-7`	low	Not reported	[488140]
Debian	checkinstall	source	trixie	`1.6.1-7`	low	Not reported	[488140]
Debian	checkinstall	source	bookworm	`1.6.1-7`	low	Not reported	[488140]

[Debian bug #488140]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[checkinstall]Fixed
Source package: [checkinstall]
Details (2)
- 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3+b1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.6.1-7
  dsa · checkinstall · debian · bookworm; dsa · checkinstall · debian · 12
- 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3+b1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.6.1-7
  dsa · checkinstall · debian · bookworm; dsa · checkinstall · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[checkinstall]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.6.1-7
  dsa · checkinstall · debian · 13
- 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.6.1-7
  dsa · checkinstall · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:13 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]