CVE-2020-16127
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2020
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
accountsservice .pam_environment infinite loop
An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled ~/.pam_environment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
accountsservice
- Vendor
- Freedesktop
- Product
- accountsservice
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3 | affected | custom | 0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0.6.40-2ubuntu11 | affected | custom | 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0.6.45-1ubuntu1 | affected | custom | 0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0.6.55-0ubuntu | affected | custom | 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0.6.55-0ubuntu13 | affected | custom | 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2 | Unavailable | None listed |