Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2014-1638CVE-2014-1638
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
(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.
Bugs
References
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90669
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1638
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1638
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1638
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1638
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%