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.
References
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906812 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2020-12-28 11:15
Updated : 2020-12-30 07:26
NVD link : CVE-2020-27837
Mitre link : CVE-2020-27837
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CWE
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Products Affected
gnome
- gnome_display_manager