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.
Published: 2020-11-11
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: 2.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8092 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 USN Ubuntu USN USN-4616-1 AccountsService vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4616-2 AccountsService vulnerabilities
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Freedesktop Accountsservice
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:15:27.923Z

Reserved: 2020-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16126

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-11T04:15:12.053

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:06:48.863

Link: CVE-2020-16126

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