CVE-2014-1638

Summary

(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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional 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

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

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