CVE-2023-3297

Summary

CVE-2023-3297 is a vulnerability affecting Ubuntu's accountsservice. An unprivileged local attacker can exploit this use-after-free issue by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process. Successful exploitation could result in the accounts-daemon process crashing or allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the accounts-daemon user. The vulnerability poses a significant risk to Ubuntu systems and requires immediate patching to mitigate the threat.

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