Upstream information
Description
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.9 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.4 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Access Vector | Physical |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 |
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 | ||
| openSUSE Leap 15.0 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA gdm |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | gdm | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | gdm | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP3 | gdm | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | gdm | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | gdm | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA LTSS | gdm | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS | gdm | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | gdm | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | gdm | Not affected |
