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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : AccountsService vulnerability (USN-5149-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155374

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5149-1 advisory.

 Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled memory when performing certain language setting operations. A local attacker could use this issue to escalate privileges.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5149-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155374

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5149-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2021

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3939

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaccountsservice0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaccountsservice-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:accountsservice

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3939

USN: 5149-1