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CVE-2014-1638LOWCVSS 3.3

CVE-2014-1638

Published Jan 27, 2014·Updated Jun 16, 2026

NVD 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.

CVSS Vector

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

References

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