DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1638

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1638
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1638.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1638
Upstream
Published
2014-01-28T00:55:04.130Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:13:02.124366Z
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / localepurge

Package

Name
localepurge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/localepurge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.3.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1638.json"

Debian:12 / localepurge

Package

Name
localepurge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/localepurge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.3.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1638.json"

Debian:13 / localepurge

Package

Name
localepurge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/localepurge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.3.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1638.json"

Debian:14 / localepurge

Package

Name
localepurge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/localepurge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.3.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1638.json"