CVE-2008-3323 (GCVE-0-2008-3323)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-28 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:37
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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