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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-16126): AccountsService vulnerabilities

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Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 3, 2020
Added
Nov 4, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, improperly dropped the ruid, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountService, thus stopping it from handling D-Bus messages in a timely fashion.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-accountsserviceubuntu-pro-upgrade-libaccountsservice0

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