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CVE-2008-3323

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
28/07/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.60 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.60
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cygwin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.7 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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