ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2021-3939

Ubuntu-specific modifications to accountsservice (in patch file debian/patches/0010-set-language.patch) caused the fallback_locale variable, pointing to static storage, to be freed, in the user_change_language_authorized_cb function. This is reachable via the SetLanguage dbus function. This is fixed in versions 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.5, 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.3, 0.6.55-0ubuntu14.1.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu20.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu20.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172848/Ubuntu-accountsservice-Double-Free-Memory-Corruption.html
  2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1950149
  3. https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5149-1
  4. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172848/Ubuntu-accountsservice-Double-Free-Memory-Corruption.html
  5. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1950149
  6. https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5149-1