High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-16125
CVE-2020-16125
Description
gdm3 versions before 3.36.2 or 3.38.2 would start gnome-initial-setup if gdm3 can't contact the accountservice service via dbus in a timely manner; on Ubuntu (and potentially derivatives) this could be be chained with an additional issue that could allow a local user to create a new privileged account.
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Affected products
273.36+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 3.36
- (no CPE)range: <3.36.2 or <3.38.2
- osv-coords23 versionspkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/opensuse/gdm&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/gdm&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/gdm&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/opensuse/gdm&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 3.10.0.1-54.17.2+ 22 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.26.2.1-13.39.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.34.1-8.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.26.2.1-lp151.16.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.0.1-54.17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 41.0-1.1
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <3.36.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/issues/642nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-202-gdm3-LPE-unresponsive-accounts-daemonnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1900314nvdThird Party Advisory
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