{"id":"CVE-2014-1638","details":"(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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:43:38.617092Z","published":"2014-01-28T00:55:04Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.osvdb.org/102379"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.osvdb.org/102381"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90669"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}