USN-1351-1: AccountsService vulnerability
31 January 2012
AccountsService could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.
Releases
Packages
- accountsservice - query and manipulate user account information
Details
Hayawardh Vijayakumar discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled
privileges when modifying the language settings on Ubuntu. A local attacker
could exploit this issue to modify arbitrary files, and possibly create a
denial of service or obtain increased privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 11.10
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.