Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting gdm3 package, versions <3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GDM3-1035503
  • published3 Nov 2020
  • disclosed10 Nov 2020

Introduced: 3 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-16125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 gdm3 to version 3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdm3 package and not the gdm3 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1