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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6687-1 Critical AccountsService Exposure

ubuntu
Calendar Grey March 11, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A newly identified flaw in AccountsService could potentially reveal private data on Ubuntu machines. Prompt update advised.
AccountsService could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: AccountsService could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description: - accountsservice: query and manipulate user account information Details: It was discovered that AccountsService called a helper incorrectly when performaing password change operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain encrypted passwords.

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security advisory critical information exposure ubuntu accountsservice

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: accountsservice 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.5 libaccountsservice0 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.5 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: accountsservice 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.7 libaccountsservice0 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.7 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6687-1

CVE-2012-6655

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6687-1

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security advisory critical information exposure ubuntu accountsservice

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/22.07.5-2ubuntu1.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.7

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