Vulnerability CVE-2021-3939


Published: 2021-11-17

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-763

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Canonical -> Accountsservice 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1950149
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5149-1

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