Medium severity · published Nov 25, 2019
CVE-2012-5630
libuser 0.56 and 0.57 has a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees
6.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libuser 0.56 and 0.57 has a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
18 · source: NVD
LI
Libuser · Libuser Project
0.57; 0.58 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5630
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5630
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102068.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5630
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5630
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5630
Third Party Advisory
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59285
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