CVE-2008-3323
N/A
Published: July 28, 2008 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCygwin
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
setup.exe before 2.573.2.3 in Cygwin does not properly verify the authenticity of packages, which allows remote Cygwin mirror servers or man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a package list containing the MD5 checksum of a Trojan horse package.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (9)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4051x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-02.txtMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494756/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2321Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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