CVE-2020-16126

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

3.3

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.989

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) accountsservice_0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3_i386.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) accountsservice_0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3_amd64.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) accountsservice_0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6_i386.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) accountsservice_0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6_amd64.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) accountsservice_0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2_amd64.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) accountsservice_0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4_amd64.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) libaccountsservice0_0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3_i386.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) libaccountsservice0_0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3_amd64.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) libaccountsservice0_0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6_i386.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) libaccountsservice0_0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6_amd64.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) libaccountsservice0_0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2_amd64.deb	Linux
query and manipulate user account information (USN-4616-1) libaccountsservice0_0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234