Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 28, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-1638

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.

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Affected products

Debian/Localepurge
cpe:2.3:a:debian:localepurge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=0.7.3.1
Localepurge/localepurgellm-create
Range: <0.7.3.2

Patches

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References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdVendor Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4nvd
www.osvdb.org/102379nvd
www.osvdb.org/102381nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90669nvd

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