CVE-2014-1638

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1638
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-28 00:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.000410000 probability, percentile 0.121660000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Localepurge All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#736359 - localepurge: CVE-2014-1638: tmp file vulnerability - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Vendor Advisory
syncevolution '/src/syncevo/installcheck-local.sh' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: Getting tempfile/mktemp wrong af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
www.osvdb.org/102379 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
oss-security - Getting tempfile/mktemp wrong af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
www.osvdb.org/102381 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
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