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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : AccountsService vulnerability (USN-6687-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 191789

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6687-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that AccountsService called a helper incorrectly when performing password change operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain encrypted passwords.

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-6687-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 191789

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6687-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/11/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6655

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:accountsservice

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6655

USN: 6687-1