UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16125 (CVE-2020-16125)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2020-11-03 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:39 – Source website
VLAI
Details

gdm3 versions before 3.36.2 or 3.38.2 would start gnome-initial-setup if gdm3 can't contact the accountservice service via dbus in a timely manner; on Ubuntu (and potentially derivatives) this could be be chained with an additional issue that could allow a local user to create a new privileged account.

Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
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          {
            "binary_name": "gdm",
            "binary_version": "3.18.3-0ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "3.18.3-0ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gdm-1.0",
            "binary_version": "3.18.3-0ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgdm1",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "gdm3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdm3@3.18.3-0ubuntu2.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.18.0-2ubuntu1",
        "3.18.0-2ubuntu2",
        "3.18.0-2ubuntu3",
        "3.18.0-2ubuntu4",
        "3.18.2-1ubuntu1",
        "3.18.2-1ubuntu2",
        "3.18.3-0ubuntu1",
        "3.18.3-0ubuntu2",
        "3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1",
        "3.18.3-0ubuntu2.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gdm3",
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          },
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          },
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          }
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      },
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        "3.26.1-3ubuntu3",
        "3.26.2.1-0ubuntu1",
        "3.26.2.1-2ubuntu1",
        "3.26.2.1-2ubuntu2",
        "3.27.90-0ubuntu1",
        "3.27.92-0ubuntu1",
        "3.28.0-0ubuntu1",
        "3.28.2-0ubuntu1.2",
        "3.28.2-0ubuntu1.3",
        "3.28.2-0ubuntu1.4",
        "3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.1",
        "3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.3",
        "3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.4"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
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            "binary_version": "3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2"
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      },
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.34.1-1ubuntu1",
        "3.36.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "gdm3 versions before 3.36.2 or 3.38.2 would start gnome-initial-setup if gdm3 can\u0027t contact the accountservice service via dbus in a timely manner; on Ubuntu (and potentially derivatives) this could be be chained with an additional issue that could allow a local user to create a new privileged account.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16125",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:29Z",
  "published": "2020-11-03T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16125"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4614-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16125"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4614-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-16125"
  ]
}



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