PT-2012-1247 · Gnu+5 · Shadow+5
Florian Weimer
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Published
2012-12-06
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Updated
2026-04-09
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CVE-2013-4235
CVSS v3.1
4.7
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
shadow (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees. This can be exploited to compromise data integrity and cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is associated with insufficient checking of the state of a shared resource.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Time Of Check To Time Of Use
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Astra Linux
Debian
Linuxmint
Suse
Ubuntu
Shadow