CVE-2020-16127 LOW

CVE-2020-16127: accountsservice .pam_environment infinite loop

Vendor Freedesktop
Product accountsservice
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published November 11, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

2.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled ~/.pam_environment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 11, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated