CVE-2023-3297

accountsservice: use-after-free via a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process

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Published Sep 1, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Canonical Ltd.

AccountService

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`23.13.9-2ubuntu2`	unaffected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.10:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 5 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 6 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.10::::-:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-43972	In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6190-1	AccountsService vulnerability
Ubuntu USN	USN-6190-2	AccountsService vulnerability

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.330% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/2024182
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3297
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3297
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-139_accountsservice/
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6190-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3297

History

Sep 30, 2024 9:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Canonical Accountsservice Ubuntu Linux

Linux Linux Kernel

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 30, 2024, 8:19 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: Sep 1, 2023, 8:49 PM
Updated: Sep 30, 2024, 8:19 PM
Reserved: Jun 16, 2023, 2:50 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:48 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:48 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 1, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM

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Red Hat Updated: Jun 28, 2023, 12:00 AM

Severity: Important
Public date: Jun 28, 2023, 12:00 AM

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