Overview
- Description
- A flaw was found in GDM in versions prior to 3.38.2.1. A race condition in the handling of session shutdown makes it possible to bypass the lock screen for a user that has autologin enabled, accessing their session without authentication. This is similar to CVE-2017-12164, but requires more difficult conditions to exploit.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.4
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 0.5
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.4
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- secalert@redhat.com
- CWE-362
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "4A8BA638-2AED-48BA-BB9D-CD8BEAD2BA9D",
"versionEndExcluding": "3.38.2.1"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]