CVE-2020-16126 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, improperly dropped the ruid, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountService, thus stopping it from handling D-Bus messages in a timely fashion.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01855.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Freedesktop	Accountsservice

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-8092	An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, improperly dropped the ruid, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountService, thus stopping it from handling D-Bus messages in a timely fashion.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4616-1	AccountsService vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-4616-2	AccountsService vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-187-accountsservice-drop-privs-DOS

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2020-11-11T04:10:15.043946Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:15:27.923Z

Reserved: 2020-07-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-16126

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-11T04:15:12.053

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:06:48.863

Link: CVE-2020-16126

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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