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CVE-2014-1638

Published: 28 January 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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
localepurge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
vivid Not vulnerable
(0.7.3.2)
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
quantal Ignored
(end of life)
saucy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [0.7.3.2])
upstream
Released (0.7.3.2)
utopic Not vulnerable
(0.7.3.2)
wily Not vulnerable
(0.7.3.2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(0.7.3.2)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(0.7.3.2)
zesty Not vulnerable
(0.7.3.2)