CVE-2020-27837
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-28 18:34
Modified
2024-08-04 16:25
Severity ?
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906812Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906812Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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