Description
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.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-3741 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T18:28:16.573Z
Reserved: 2017-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-12164
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-07-26T16:29:00.327
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:08:57.803
Link: CVE-2017-12164
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