CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-1639
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-01-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
syncevo/installcheck-local.sh in syncevolution before 1.3.99.7 uses mktemp 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.
Affected configurations
• debian syncevolution (<= 1.3.99.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736357 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/102380 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90662 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736357 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/102380 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90662 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com