DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25031

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25031
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25031.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25031
Upstream
Published
2020-08-31T04:15:11.933Z
Modified
2025-11-17T04:22:10.795077Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

checkinstall 1.6.2, when used to create a package that contains a symlink, may trigger the creation of a mode 0777 executable file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-4
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Debian:12 / checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-4
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Debian:13 / checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Debian:14 / checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/checkinstall?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25031.json"