SUSE CVE-2020-16126

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, improperly dropped the ruid, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountService, thus stopping it from handling D-Bus messages in a timely fashion...

Vulnerability fixed in Ubuntu

Canonical has fixed a vulnerability in Ubuntu. The vulnerability is located in AccountsService. A local malicious party can, by exploiting this vulnerability, gain gain elevated privileges on the vulnerable system. Canonical has made updates available for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 21.04 and 21.10 to fix...