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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12164

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12164 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.400000095367432 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
6.400000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13gdm30, 0, 0
Debian:14gdm30, 0, 0
Debian:11gdm30, 0, 0
Debian:12gdm30, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jul 26, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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