Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2020-16127CVE-2020-16127
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
12.8%
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.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | This vulnerability is in an Ubuntu-specific patch and doesn’t affect the upstream code. |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | accountsservice | < 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.10 | noarch | accountsservice | < 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2 | UNKNOWN |
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
12.8%