CVE-2014-1638 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

(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.

Published: 2014-01-28

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:debian:localepurge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-1712	(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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00041.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Localepurge

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:50:09.783Z

Reserved: 2014-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-1638

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-01-28T00:55:04.130

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2014-1638

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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