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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2020-20336 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T16:25:43.322Z
Reserved: 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-27837
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-12-28T19:15:13.063
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:21:54.400
Link: CVE-2020-27837
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD