First published: Wed Feb 20 2019(Updated: )
Burghard Britzke discovered that GDM incorrectly handled certain configurations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to get unauthorized access to a different user.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
All of | ||
ubuntu/gdm3 | <3.30.1-1ubuntu5.1 | 3.30.1-1ubuntu5.1 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.10 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/gdm3 | <3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.4 | 3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.4 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 |
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The vulnerability ID for this GDM vulnerability is CVE-2019-3825.
The severity of the GDM vulnerability is not mentioned.
An attacker could exploit this GDM vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to a different user.
Versions 3.30.1-1ubuntu5.1 and 3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.4 of GDM are affected by this vulnerability.
To fix this GDM vulnerability, update to version 3.30.1-1ubuntu5.1 if using Ubuntu 18.10 or version 3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.4 if using Ubuntu 18.04.