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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-3825: gdm: lock screen bypass when timed login is enabled

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-3825: gdm: lock screen bypass when timed login is enabled

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/06/2019
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in gdm before 3.31.4. When timed login is enabled in configuration, an attacker could bypass the lock screen by selecting the timed login user and waiting for the timer to expire, at which time they would gain access to the logged-in user's session.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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