vulnerability

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
Nov 3, 2020
Added
Nov 4, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

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

ubuntu-upgrade-gdm3
Title
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