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Ubuntu: USN-4614-1 (CVE-2020-16125): GDM vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4614-1 (CVE-2020-16125): GDM vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/03/2020
Created
11/06/2020
Added
11/04/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

gdm3 versions before 3.36.2 or 3.38.2 would start gnome-initial-setup if gdm3 can't contact the accountservice service via dbus in a timely manner; on Ubuntu (and potentially derivatives) this could be be chained with an additional issue that could allow a local user to create a new privileged account.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-gdm3

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