CVE-2020-27837

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Dec 28, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Oct 27, 2020

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Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gdmn/a
  • prior to 3.38.2.1Affected

References

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