DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12164

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12164

    Published: 26 Jul 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12164

    Summary:

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12164

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gdm3

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gdm3?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.26.0-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High