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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.
Medium6.3EPSS 0.28%
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- redhat
Description
libuser 0.56 and 0.57 has a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 80% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
- race conditions by copying and removing directory trees
- CWE-367 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
libuser · libuser
- affected 0.57
- affected 0.56
References (5)
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5630 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5630 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- Red Hat (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- Fedora (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59285 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .