CVE-2014-1638 | BDVDB-2026-59645 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
- http://www.osvdb.org/102379
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90669
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359
- http://www.osvdb.org/102381
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.