MediumFix available
libuser — security advisory
libuser 0.56 and 0.57 has a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees.
- Products
- libuser
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:0.60~dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-5630
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
libuser 0.56 and 0.57 has a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630
libuser
Fixed versions: 1:0.60~dfsg-1
libuser
Fixed versions: 1:0.60~dfsg-1
libuser
Fixed versions: 1:0.60~dfsg-1
Complete source record
{
"id": "7594918426481dd86faef5b723575e61e7f315aceee86cc85d2d648751120b46",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630",
"summary": "libuser 0.56 and 0.57 has a TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "libuser",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1:0.60~dfsg-1",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "libuser",
"evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1:0.60~dfsg-1",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "libuser",
"evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1:0.60~dfsg-1",
"evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
"id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630",
"aliases": [
"DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"
}
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:0.60~dfsg-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libuser",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libuser?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "low"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:0.60~dfsg-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libuser",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libuser?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "low"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:0.60~dfsg-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libuser",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libuser?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5630.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "low"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:35.667446920Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2012-5630"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5630"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2012-5630",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 421939,
"published_at": "2019-11-25T14:15:11.567+00:00"
}