CVE-2008-3323

Cygwin < 1.7 - Remote Code Execution via Trojan Package MD5 Checksum

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2321
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44047
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494756/100/0/threaded
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449929
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30375
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4051
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31271

Scores

EPSS 0.0265
EPSS Percentile 83.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
redhat/cygwin < 1.7
Published Jul 28, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026