CVE-2014-1638

CVSS V2 Low 3.3 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-1638

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2014-01-28T00:55:04

Last Modified Date
2017-08-29T01:34:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:debian:localepurge::::::::	1	OR		0.7.3.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
3.3

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
4.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/102379
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
http://www.osvdb.org/102381
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90669

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1638
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1638

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:43:41				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 21:43:03	2014-01-28T00:55Z	2014-01-28T00:55:04	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 21:43:03		2017-08-29T01:34:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 21:43:03		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated