Back to Database
Status published
Low
CVE-2014-1638
(1) debian/postrm and (2) debian/localepurge.config in localepurge before 0.7.3.2 use...
Vulnerability 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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2014-1638
Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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
More from debian
View All →CVE-2022-48174
There is a stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c:6030 in busybox...
Critical
9.8
CVE-2021-38172
perM 0.4.0 has a Buffer Overflow related to strncpy. (Debian...
Critical
9.8
CVE-2021-36086
The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a use-after-free in...
Low
3.3
CVE-2021-31799
In RDoc 3.11 through 6.x before 6.3.1, as distributed with...
Unknown
0
CVE-2021-28374
The Debian courier-authlib package before 0.71.1-2 for Courier Authentication Library...
High
7.5
Affected Vendor
debian
View all reports →Affected Software
localepurge
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 28th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.