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CVE-2018-14036

Publication date 13 July 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
accountsservice 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
accountsservice

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4616-1
    • AccountsService vulnerabilities
    • 3 November 2020
    • USN-4616-2
    • AccountsService vulnerabilities
    • 4 November 2020

Other references