Medium
libuser — security advisory
libuser has information disclosure when moving user's home directory
- Products
- libuser
- Affected versions
- 1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2, 1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2+esm1, 1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-2, 1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-3, 1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-4, 1:0.64+git20241106~dfsg-4build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-5644
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
libuser has information disclosure when moving user's home directory
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5644
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Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-17T12:52:48.283479544Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"references": [
"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5644",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=928846",
"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5644"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 353306,
"published_at": "2019-11-25T15:15:00+00:00"
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