vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-16127): AccountsService vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 3, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 3, 2020
Added
Nov 4, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-accountsserviceubuntu-upgrade-libaccountsservice0
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