DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1639

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1639
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1639.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1639
Upstream
Published
2014-01-28T00:55:04.177Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:13:01.354538Z
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / syncevolution

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Debian:14 / syncevolution

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.99.7-1

Affected versions

0.*
0.9+ds1-2
0.9.1+ds1-1
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"