Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5439-1 – Torchsec
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5439-1
May 24, 2022
accountsservice vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Summary:
AccountsService could be made to crash or stop responding.
Software Description:
- accountsservice: query and manipulate user account information
Details:
Gunnar Hjalmarsson discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped
privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause
AccountsService to crash or stop responding, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2022-1804)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
accountsservice 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3
libaccountsservice0 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5439-1
CVE-2022-1804
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3
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