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HistoryNov 04, 2020 - 12:07 p.m.

accountsservice vulnerabilities

2020-11-0412:07:44
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6
usn-4616-1
accountsservice
vulnerabilities
ubuntu 14.04
esm
kevin backhouse
matthias gerstner
denial of service
local attacker
arbitrary files
security update

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

55.7%

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)