| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: accountsservice (CVE-2012-6655) | 22 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 7 : accountsservice (Unpatched Vulnerability) | 3 Jun 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : AccountsService vulnerability (USN-6687-1) | 11 Mar 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CVE-2012-6655 affecting package accountsservice for versions less than 23.13.9-1 | 11 Feb 202516:07 | – | cbl_mariner | |
| CVE-2012-6655 | 28 Feb 202417:07 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2012-6655 | 27 Nov 201917:13 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2012-6655 | 27 Nov 201917:13 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2012-6655 | 27 Nov 201917:13 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2012-6501 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| An issue exists AccountService 0.6.37 in the user_change_password_authorized_cb() function in user.c which could let a local users obtain encrypted passwords. | 11 Feb 202508:00 | – | mscve |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
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script_id(218037);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/09/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-6655");
script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-6655");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
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patched.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- An issue exists AccountService 0.6.37 in the user_change_password_authorized_cb() function in user.c which
could let a local users obtain encrypted passwords. (CVE-2012-6655)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:accountsservice");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:accountsservice");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:accountsservice-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:accountsservice-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:accountsservice");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:accountsservice");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:accountsservice-devel");
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script_require_keys("Host/OS/identifier", "Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched");
script_require_ports("Host/OS/CentOS Linux-7", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-11", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-14.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-16.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-18.04");
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}
if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"Debian Linux-11": {
"package_manager": "dpkg-l",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "11",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "accountsservice"},
{"reference": "gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-dev"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-doc"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice0"}
]
}
]
},
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"package_manager": "dpkg-l",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "18.04",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "accountsservice"},
{"reference": "gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-dev"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-doc"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice0"}
]
}
]
},
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{
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"pkgs": [
{"reference": "accountsservice"},
{"reference": "gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-dbg"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-dev"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-doc"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice0"},
{"reference": "libpam-pin"}
]
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]
},
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"package_manager": "dpkg-l",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "16.04",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "accountsservice"},
{"reference": "gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-dbg"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-dev"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice-doc"},
{"reference": "libaccountsservice0"}
]
}
]
},
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"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "7",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "accountsservice"},
{"reference": "accountsservice-devel"},
{"reference": "accountsservice-libs"}
]
}
]
},
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"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "7",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "accountsservice"},
{"reference": "accountsservice-devel"},
{"reference": "accountsservice-libs"}
]
}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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