High
checkinstall — security advisory
checkinstall 1.6.2, when used to create a package that contains a symlink, may trigger the creation of a mode 0777 executable file.
- Products
- checkinstall
- Affected versions
- 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, 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-6, 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-7, 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-8, 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-9, 1.7.0-1, 1.8.0-1, 1.8.1-1, 1.8.2-1, 1.8.3-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-25031
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
checkinstall 1.6.2, when used to create a package that contains a symlink, may trigger the creation of a mode 0777 executable file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25031
checkinstall
Fixed versions: Not specified
checkinstall
Fixed versions: Not specified
checkinstall
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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