USN-4616-2

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4616-2
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4616-2.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4616-2
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Published
2020-11-04T12:07:44.400684Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:16Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / accountsservice

Package

Name
accountsservice
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/accountsservice@0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2

Affected versions

0.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "accountsservice",
            "binary_version": "0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaccountsservice-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaccountsservice0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-pin",
            "binary_version": "0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-14036",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2020-16126",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}