CVE-2014-1638

(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…

published January 28, 2014

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

(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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00364 · 29.1th percentile
Published
2014-01-28T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 JAN 00:00Z
    (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…
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