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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: 2020-11-11T04:10:15.512976Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T17:58:49.219Z
Reserved: 2020-07-29T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16127
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-11-11T04:15:12.177
Modified: 2020-11-24T19:50:07.023
Link: CVE-2020-16127
Redhat
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