PT-2019-6818 · Freedesktop+3 · Accountsservice+3

Alexander Bergmann · Published 2019-11-27 · Updated 2024-03-11 · CVE-2012-6655

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AccountService version 0.6.37

Description An issue exists in the user change password authorized cb() function in user.c, which could let a local user obtain encrypted passwords.

Recommendations For version 0.6.37, consider restricting access to the user change password authorized cb() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the user change password authorized cb() function to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

AZL-44049

CVE-2012-6655

USN-6687-1

Affected Products

Accountsservice

Debian

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 16

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6655 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6655 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6687-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6655 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6655 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6655 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6655 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-44049 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6655 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6687-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6655 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/69245 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95325 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/5 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/7 · Note