PT-2020-14762
CVE-2020-16126
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Published
2019-07-30
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Updated
2020-11-24
Description by
CVSS 3.1
3.3
LowMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
AccountsService versions prior to 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2
Description
The issue arises from an Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService, where the ruid is improperly dropped, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountService. This can stop AccountService from handling D-Bus messages in a timely fashion.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, update to version 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2 or later to resolve the issue.
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