CVE-2020-16127

CVE-2020-16127 is described as an Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService prior to version 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2 that would perform unbounded reads of user-controlled ~/.pam_environment files, enabling an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to that location. The impact cited is a local i...

CVE-2020-16126

The CVE-2020-16126 issue affects Ubuntu’s AccountsService in versions older than 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, where an Ubuntu-specific modification dropped the ruid, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountsService and hindering its handling of D-Bus messages (denial of service). Remediation: u...

CVE-2020-16126: Improper Privilege Management

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...

CVE-2020-16127: Improper Input Validation

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled /.pamenvironment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location...

USN-4616-2 accountsservice vulnerabilities

USN-4616-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in AccountsService. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause...

USN-4616-2: AccountsService vulnerabilities

USN-4616-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in AccountsService. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : GDM vulnerability (USN-4614-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4614-1 advisory. Kevin Backhouse discovered that GDM incorrectly launched the initial setup tool when the accountsservice daemon was not reachable. A local attacker ab...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : AccountsService vulnerabilities (USN-4616-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4616-1 advisory. Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cau...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4616-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-4616-1: AccountsService vulnerabilities

Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause AccountsService to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2020-16126 Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled reading...

USN-4614-1: GDM vulnerability

Kevin Backhouse discovered that GDM incorrectly launched the initial setup tool when the accountsservice daemon was not reachable. A local attacker able to cause accountsservice to crash or stop responding could trick GDM into launching the initial setup tool and create a privileged user...

USN-4614-1 gdm3 vulnerability

Kevin Backhouse discovered that GDM incorrectly launched the initial setup tool when the accountsservice daemon was not reachable. A local attacker able to cause accountsservice to crash or stop responding could trick GDM into launching the initial setup tool and create a privileged user...

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...

CVE-2020-16127

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled /.pamenvironment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location...

UBUNTU-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...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16127

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled /.pamenvironment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location...

GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update

accountsservice 0.6.50-8 - Dont set HasNoUsers=true if realmd has providers Related: 1750516 appstream-data 8-20191129 - Regenerate the RHEL metadata to include the latest evince changes - Resolves: 1768461 clutter 1.26.2-8 - rebuild to get the new in 8.2.0 - plus address 1785233 evince 3.28.4-4 ...

CentOS 7 : GNOME (RHSA-2020:1021)

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1021 advisory. - It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions. An attacker with physical access to...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for accountsservice (EulerOS-SA-2019-2555)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for accountsservice (EulerOS-SA-2019-2709)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...