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Ubuntu: USN-5745-1 (CVE-2013-4235): shadow vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5745-1 (CVE-2013-4235): shadow vulnerability

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/03/2019
Created
12/01/2022
Added
11/29/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

shadow: TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition when copying and removing directory trees

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libsubid4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-login
  • ubuntu-upgrade-passwd
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ubuntu
  • ubuntu-upgrade-uidmap

References

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