CVE-2012-5630
MEDIUMlibuser 0.56-0.57 - Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition
Title source: llmDescription
libuser 0.56 and 0.57 has a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5630
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5630
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5630
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102068.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59285
Scores
CVSS v3
6.3
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
19.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-367
Status
published
Products (5)
fedoraproject/fedora
18
libuser_project/libuser
0.57
libuser_project/libuser
0.58
redhat/enterprise_linux
5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
6.0
Published
Nov 25, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026