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CVE-2013-4235

CVE-2013-4235MEDIUM

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

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   H   L   N  U  N  H  N    4.7   .0031   22.0     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  shadow   1 –       —

TIMELINE
  Jun 12  Reserved by redhat
  Dec 3   Published (CNA: redhat)
  Oct 14  ENRICHED — CVE-2013-4235 (shadow). Received CVSS 4.7 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-367 · CNA: redhat · CVSS v3.1 · 6 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

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

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
June 12, 2013	Reserved	Reserved by redhat
December 3, 2019	Published	Published (CNA: redhat)
October 14, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2013-4235 (shadow). Received CVSS 4.7 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
shadow	shadow	—	1	—

Weaknesses

CWE-367

References (6)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4235 [Third Party Advisory]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4235 [Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4235 [Third Party Advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-26 [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2013-4235 at cve.org

Vendors: shadow

Weaknesses: CWE-367

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