Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting libsubid5 package, versions <4.17.2-150600.17.18.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-LIBSUBID5-16049084
  • published14 Apr 2026
  • disclosed9 Apr 2026

Introduced: 9 Apr 2026

CVE-2013-4235  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 libsubid5 to version 4.17.2-150600.17.18.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsubid5 package and not the libsubid5 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

shadow: TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees

CVSS Base Scores

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