CVE-2012-6655

LOW 3.3CVE-2012-6655 · Published 27/11/2019 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-6655 is a LOW (CVSS 3.3) vulnerability affecting accountsservice (accountsservice project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.45%, higher than 39.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
accountsservice accountsservice_project	`= 0.6.37`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/7 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/69245 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95325 · Third Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6655 · Third Party Advisory

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