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syncevolution — security advisory
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.
- Products
- syncevolution
- Affected versions
- 0.9+ds1-2, 0.9.1+ds1-1, 1.0+ds1~a1-1, 1.0+ds1~a1-2, 1.0+ds1~beta2a-1, 1.0+ds1~beta2a-2, 1.1+ds1-1, 1.1+ds1-2, 1.1+ds1-3, 1.1+ds1-4, 1.1+ds1-5, 1.1.99.3+ds1-1, 1.1.99.5a-1, 1.1.99.5a-2, 1.2.1-1, 1.2.2-1, 1.2.99.1-1, 1.2.99.1-1.1, 1.3.2-1
- Fixed versions
- 1.3.99.7-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-1639
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1639
syncevolution
Fixed versions: 1.3.99.7-1
syncevolution
Fixed versions: 1.3.99.7-1
Complete source record
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"summary": "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.",
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"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/syncevolution?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
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"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/syncevolution?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"versions": [
"0.9+ds1-2",
"0.9.1+ds1-1",
"1.0+ds1~a1-1",
"1.0+ds1~a1-2",
"1.0+ds1~beta2a-1",
"1.0+ds1~beta2a-2",
"1.1+ds1-1",
"1.1+ds1-2",
"1.1+ds1-3",
"1.1+ds1-4",
"1.1+ds1-5",
"1.1.99.3+ds1-1",
"1.1.99.5a-1",
"1.1.99.5a-2",
"1.2.1-1",
"1.2.2-1",
"1.2.99.1-1",
"1.2.99.1-1.1",
"1.3.2-1"
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},
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T15:47:24.071940210Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2014-1639"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1639"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2014-1639",
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],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 413774,
"published_at": "2014-01-28T00:55:04.177+00:00"
}