Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting libuser package, versions <1:0.60~dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBUSER-319837
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed25 Nov 2019

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2012-5630  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libuser to version 1:0.60~dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libuser package and not the libuser package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

libuser 0.56 and 0.57 has a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1