USN-5439-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5439-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5439-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5439-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2022-05-24T11:36:02Z
Modified
2026-04-22T10:23:43.044454Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / accountsservice

Package

Name
accountsservice
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/accountsservice@22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.55-0ubuntu14
0.6.55-3ubuntu1
0.6.55-3ubuntu2
0.6.55-3ubuntu4
0.6.55-3ubuntu5
0.6.55-3ubuntu6
22.*
22.07.5-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "accountsservice",
            "binary_version": "22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0",
            "binary_version": "22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaccountsservice0",
            "binary_version": "22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map
{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-1804",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"
}
source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5439-1.json"