cvelist/2008/2xxx/CVE-2008-2958.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2008-2958",
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    "description": {
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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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                "name": "30873",
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                "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30873"
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            {
                "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488140",
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                "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488140"
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            {
                "name": "http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-team/2008-June/001672.html",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-team/2008-June/001672.html"
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                "name": "checkinstall-multiple-symlink(43440)",
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