Description
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 ~/.pam_environment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location.
Published: 2020-11-11
Score: 2.8 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8093 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 ~/.pam_environment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4616-1 AccountsService vulnerabilities
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Freedesktop Accountsservice
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:58:49.219Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-16127

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-11T04:15:12.177

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:06:48.983

Link: CVE-2020-16127

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