vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-12164): gdm3 vulnerability
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 26, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Jan 23, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 26, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Jan 23, 2025
Description
A flaw was discovered in gdm 3.24.1 where gdm greeter was no longer setting the ran_once boolean during autologin. If autologin was enabled for a victim, an attacker could simply select 'login as another user' to unlock their screen.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-gdm3

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