{"id":"USN-4616-2","summary":"accountsservice vulnerabilities","details":"USN-4616-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in AccountsService. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped\n privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause\n AccountsService to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service.\n (CVE-2020-16126)\n\n Matthias Gerstner discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled\n certain path checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\n read arbitrary files. (CVE-2018-14036)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:49:17.457771Z","published":"2020-11-04T12:07:44Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14036","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16126"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-14036","CVE-2020-16126","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14036","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16126"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4616-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14036"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16126"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"accountsservice","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/accountsservice@0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2"}]}],"versions":["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_version":"0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2","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":"libaccountsservice0"},{"binary_version":"0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2","binary_name":"libpam-pin"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4616-2.json","cves_map":{"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"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}