DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12164

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12164
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12164.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12164
Upstream
Published
2018-07-26T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:33Z
Severity
  • 6.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / gdm3

Package

Name
gdm3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gdm3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.26.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / gdm3

Package

Name
gdm3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gdm3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.26.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / gdm3

Package

Name
gdm3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gdm3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.26.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / gdm3

Package

Name
gdm3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gdm3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.26.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}