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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2020· Updated Sep 17, 2024

gdm3 would start gnome-initial-setup if it cannot contact accountservice

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.

Affected products

24

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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