PT-2019-6797 · Libuser · Libuser

Florian Weimer + 1 · Published 2019-11-25 · Updated 2019-12-04 · CVE-2012-5630

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libuser versions 0.56 through 0.57

Description The issue is related to a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition that occurs when copying and removing directory trees.

Recommendations For versions 0.56 and 0.57, consider implementing additional checks to mitigate the TOCTOU race condition until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the directory tree operations to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Time Of Check To Time Of Use

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-367

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5630

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10368-1

Affected Products

Libuser

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5630 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5630 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102068.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://securityfocus.com/bid/59285 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5630 · Note