{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1639","details":"syncevo/installcheck-local.sh in syncevolution before 1.3.99.7 uses mktemp 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":"2026-09-01T20:03:20.353564661Z","published":"2014-01-28T00:55:04.177Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-1639"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1639"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"syncevolution","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/syncevolution?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.99.7-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1639.json"}},{"package":{"name":"syncevolution","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/syncevolution?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.99.7-1"}]}],"versions":["0.9+ds1-2","0.9.1+ds1-1","1.0+ds1~a1-1","1.0+ds1~a1-2","1.0+ds1~beta2a-1","1.0+ds1~beta2a-2","1.1+ds1-1","1.1+ds1-2","1.1+ds1-3","1.1+ds1-4","1.1+ds1-5","1.1.99.3+ds1-1","1.1.99.5a-1","1.1.99.5a-2","1.2.1-1","1.2.2-1","1.2.99.1-1","1.2.99.1-1.1","1.3.2-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1639.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}