CVE-2008-3323

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.

Affected products

• RedHat / cygwin1.7

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2321
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-02.txt
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44047
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494756/100/0/threaded
• MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449929
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30375
• MISChttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4051
• MISChttp://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31271