CVE-2022-48682
Publication date 26 April 2024
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
In deletefiles in FDUPES before 2.2.0, a TOCTOU race condition allows arbitrary file deletion via a symlink.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| fdupes | 25.10 questing |
Not affected
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.0 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48682
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1200381
- https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes/commit/85680897148f1ac33b55418e00334116e419717f (v2.2.0)
- https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes/blob/4b6bcde1b3eb1cebe87cd30814f7d6cf4ee46e95/fdupes.c
- https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes/commit/85680897148f1ac33b55418e00334116e419717f
- https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes/compare/v2.1.2...v2.2.0