CVE-2022-1804

Publication date 24 May 2022

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

accountsservice no longer drops permissions when writting .pam_environment

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
accountsservice 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3
21.10 impish
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

This is caused by the fix for CVE-2020-16126 being reverted

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5439-1
    • AccountsService vulnerability
    • 24 May 2022

Other references