CVE-2020-16127 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00409.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Freedesktop	Accountsservice

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-187-accountsservice-drop-privs-DOS

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2020-11-11T04:10:15.512Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:58:49.219Z

Reserved: 2020-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16127

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-11T04:15:12.177

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:57:45.447

Link: CVE-2020-16127

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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