(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
Configurations
Information
Published : 2014-01-27 16:55
Updated : 2017-08-28 18:34
NVD link : CVE-2014-1638
Mitre link : CVE-2014-1638
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CWE
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Products Affected
debian
- localepurge