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CVE-2014-1638

Date: January 27, 2014

(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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359
http://www.osvdb.org/102381
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1638
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1638
http://www.osvdb.org/102379
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90669
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-1638

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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