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CVE-2012-5644 json

libuser has information disclosure when moving user's home directory

published 2019-11-25 6 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5528

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libuser has information disclosure when moving user's home directory

Patch / fix

  • libuser_project libuser 0.59
  • libuser Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:0.60~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5644

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-5644 updated cvss 4.7

libuser: (Complete) Information disclosure when moving user's home directory

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libuser Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libuser, libuser-python
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • libuser libuser

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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