CVE-2014-1638
(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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-01-28 00:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7ba11d659e008a44d78d96f65055cacac74dc116bff25f6d1072428602608cff
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140122 Re: Getting tempfile/mktemp wronghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
- www.osvdb.org102379http://www.osvdb.org/102379
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlocalepurge-cve20141638-symlink(90669)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90669
- www.securityfocus.com65098http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359
- www.osvdb.org102381http://www.osvdb.org/102381
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140122 Getting tempfile/mktemp wronghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- localepurge Fixed in 0.7.3.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- localepurge Fixed in 0.7.3.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- localepurge Fixed in 0.7.3.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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