Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting accountsservice package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-ACCOUNTSSERVICE-1937577
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Sept 2012

Introduced: 17 Sep 2012

CVE-2012-6655  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 accountsservice.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream accountsservice package and not the accountsservice package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue exists AccountService 0.6.37 in the user_change_password_authorized_cb() function in user.c which could let a local users obtain encrypted passwords.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1