USN-4616-2: accountsservice Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 04-11-2020Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-4616-2 is a vulnerability in accountsservice Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2018-14036CVE-2020-16126

Timeline

  1. 04-11-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 AccountsService to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-16126) Matthias Gerstner discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled certain path checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2018-14036)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • accountsservice< 0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2

1 vendor · 1 product

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