USN-4616-2

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    USN-4616-2

    Published: 4 Nov 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: accountsservice vulnerabilities

    Details: 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)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4616-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14036, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16126

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: accountsservice

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2

    Affected versions

    0.6.34-0ubuntu6
    0.6.34-0ubuntu7
    0.6.35-0ubuntu1
    0.6.35-0ubuntu2
    0.6.35-0ubuntu3
    0.6.35-0ubuntu4
    0.6.35-0ubuntu5
    0.6.35-0ubuntu6
    0.6.35-0ubuntu7
    0.6.35-0ubuntu7.1
    0.6.35-0ubuntu7.2
    0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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