CVE-2019-3825

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3825
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-06 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:49:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was discovered in gdm before 3.31.4. When timed login is enabled in configuration, an attacker could bypass the lock screen by selecting the timed login user and waiting for the timer to expire, at which time they would gain access to the logged-in user's session.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager All All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Display Manager All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1672825 – (CVE-2019-3825) CVE-2019-3825 gdm: lock screen bypass when timed login is enabled CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
USN-3892-1: GDM vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377567 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for gnome (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0108)
  • 670289 EulerOS Security Update for gdm (EulerOS-SA-2021-1787)
  • 670937 EulerOS Security Update for gdm (EulerOS-SA-2020-2546)
  • 940175 AlmaLinux Security Update for GNOME (ALSA-2020:1766)
  • 960387 Rocky Linux Security Update for GNOME (RLSA-2020:1766)
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