UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16127
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16127
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16127.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16127
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-08T16:46:15Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- 2.8 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled ~/.pam_environment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / accountsservice
Package
- Name
- accountsservice
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/accountsservice@0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4?arch=source&distro=focal
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4
Affected versions
0.*
0.6.55-0ubuntu10
0.6.55-0ubuntu11
0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.1
0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.2
Ecosystem specific
{
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_version": "0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4",
"binary_name": "accountsservice"
},
{
"binary_version": "0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4",
"binary_name": "gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0"
},
{
"binary_version": "0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4",
"binary_name": "libaccountsservice-dev"
},
{
"binary_version": "0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4",
"binary_name": "libaccountsservice0"
}
]
}