Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844694
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4616-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'accountsservice' package(s) announced via the USN-4616-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'accountsservice' package(s) announced via the USN-4616-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause AccountsService to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-16126) Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled reading .pam_environment files. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause AccountsService to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2020-16127) Matthias Gerstner discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled certain path checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14036) Affected Software/OS: 'accountsservice' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-14036 BugTraq ID: 104757 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847a Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-16126 https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-187-accountsservice-drop-privs-DOS Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-16127
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