Mageia alert MGASA-2021-0003 (gdm)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2021-0003: Updated gdm packages fix a security vulnerability
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Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:43:31 +0100
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MGASA-2021-0003 - Updated gdm packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 04 Jan 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0003.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-16125

Description:
Kevin Backhouse discovered that GDM incorrectly launched the initial setup tool
when the accountsservice daemon was not reachable. A local attacker able to
cause accountsservice to crash or stop responding could trick GDM into
launching the initial setup tool and create a privileged user (CVE-2020-16125).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27566
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4614-1
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https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announc...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1...

SRPMS:
- 7/core/gdm-3.32.0-1.1.mga7