CVE-2020-27837

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
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906812 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

30 Dec 2020, 15:26

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906812 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906812 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 4.4
v3 : 6.4

28 Dec 2020, 19:21

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2020-12-28 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41


NVD link : CVE-2020-27837

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27837

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-27837


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Products Affected

gnome

  • gnome_display_manager
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')