CVE-2017-12164

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.
References
Link Resource
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/commit/ff98b28 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12164 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:3.24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-07-26 09:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 16:22


NVD link : CVE-2017-12164

Mitre link : CVE-2017-12164


JSON object : View

CWE
CWE-665

Improper Initialization

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Products Affected

gnome

  • gnome_display_manager