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 |
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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 |
Configurations
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
Products Affected
gnome
- gnome_display_manager