CVE-2012-6655

Publication date 27 November 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An issue exists AccountService 0.6.37 in the user_change_password_authorized_cb() function in user.c which could let a local users obtain encrypted passwords.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
accountsservice	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.5
	21.10 impish	Ignored
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored
	20.10 groovy	Ignored
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.7
	19.10 eoan	Ignored
	19.04 disco	Ignored
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	15.04 vivid	Ignored
	14.10 utopic	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Vulnerable
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
accountsservice	Upstream: 4fde420

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.3 · Low
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6687-1
AccountsService vulnerability
11 March 2024