Vulnerability Details CVE-2014-1638
(1) debian/postrm and (2) debian/localepurge.config in localepurge before 0.7.3.2 use tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 27.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 3.3
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
- http://www.osvdb.org/102379
- http://www.osvdb.org/102381
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90669
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
- http://www.osvdb.org/102379
- http://www.osvdb.org/102381
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90669
Products affected by CVE-2014-1638
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cpe:2.3:a:debian:localepurge:*