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The touch utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file creation. When the utility identifies a missing path, it later attempts creation using File::create(), which internally uses O_TRUNC. An attacker can exploit this window to create a file or swap a symlink at the target path, causing touch to truncate an existing file and leading to permanent data loss.
| Релиз | Статус | Примечание |
|---|---|---|
| devel | needed | |
| esm-apps/noble | needed | |
| jammy | DNE | |
| noble | needed | |
| questing | ignored | end of life, was needed |
| resolute | needed | |
| upstream | needed |
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EPSS
6.3 Medium
CVSS3
Связанные уязвимости
The touch utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition during file creation. When the utility identifies a missing path, it later attempts creation using File::create(), which internally uses O_TRUNC. An attacker can exploit this window to create a file or swap a symlink at the target path, causing touch to truncate an existing file and leading to permanent data loss.
The touch utility in uutils coreutils is vulnerable to a Time-of-Check ...
uutils coreutils has a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
EPSS
6.3 Medium
CVSS3