vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5149-1 (CVE-2021-3939): AccountsService vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 17, 2021 | Mar 22, 2023 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 17, 2021
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Ubuntu-specific modifications to accountsservice (in patch file debian/patches/0010-set-language.patch) caused the fallback_locale variable, pointing to static storage, to be freed, in the user_change_language_authorized_cb function. This is reachable via the SetLanguage dbus function. This is fixed in versions 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.5, 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.3, 0.6.55-0ubuntu14.1.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-accountsserviceubuntu-upgrade-libaccountsservice0
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