Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Freedesktop accountsservice
0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3 to < 0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2affected0.6.40-2ubuntu11 to < 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6affected0.6.45-1ubuntu1 to < 0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3affected0.6.55-0ubuntu to < 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.4affected0.6.55-0ubuntu13 to < 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2affected