UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5630

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5630
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5630.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5630
Upstream
Published
2019-11-25T14:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-10T14:56:30Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

libuser 0.56 and 0.57 has a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libuser

Package

Name
libuser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libuser@1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2
1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libuser",
            "binary_version": "1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuser1",
            "binary_version": "1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuser1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libuser",
            "binary_version": "1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10 / libuser

Package

Name
libuser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libuser@1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-2
1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libuser",
            "binary_version": "1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuser1",
            "binary_version": "1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuser1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libuser",
            "binary_version": "1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / libuser

Package

Name
libuser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libuser@1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.64~dfsg-2build2
1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libuser",
            "binary_version": "1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuser1",
            "binary_version": "1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuser1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libuser",
            "binary_version": "1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}