UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1638

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1638
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1638.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1638
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:59Z
Published
2014-01-28T00:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T06:30:45Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / localepurge

Package

Name
localepurge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/localepurge@0.7.3.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.7.2
0.7.3
0.7.3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "localepurge",
            "binary_version": "0.7.3.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1638.json"