USN-5439-1

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    USN-5439-1

    Published: 24 May 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: accountsservice vulnerability

    Details: Gunnar Hjalmarsson discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause AccountsService to crash or stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-1804)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5439-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1804

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: accountsservice

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3

    Affected versions

    0.6.55-0ubuntu14
    0.6.55-3ubuntu1
    0.6.55-3ubuntu2
    0.6.55-3ubuntu4
    0.6.55-3ubuntu5
    0.6.55-3ubuntu6

    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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