CVE catalog

CVE-2017-12164

gdm3: CVE-2017-12164

Severity: Medium · CVSS 6.4CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Jun 14, 2017, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.39% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	gdm3	sid	`51.1-1`	fixed
Debian	gdm3	forky	`51.1-1`	fixed
Debian	gdm3	trixie	`48.0-2`	fixed
Debian	gdm3	bookworm	`43.0-3`	fixed
Opensuse	gdm	tumbleweed	`3.38.2-2.7`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	gdm3	source	sid	`3.26.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	gdm3	source	forky	`3.26.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	gdm3	source	trixie	`3.26.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	gdm3	source	bookworm	`3.26.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Opensuse	gdm	rpm	tumbleweed	`3.38.2-2.7`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10780-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[gdm-branding-upstream]Unknown
Source package: [gdm]
Details (1)
- 50.2-3.1 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.38.2-2.7
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gdm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gdm-devel]Unknown
Source package: [gdm]
Details (1)
- 50.2-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.38.2-2.7
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gdm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gdm-lang]Unknown
Source package: [gdm]
Details (1)
- 50.2-3.1 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.38.2-2.7
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gdm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gdm-schema]Unknown
Source package: [gdm]
Details (1)
- 50.2-3.1 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.38.2-2.7
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gdm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gdm-systemd]Unknown
Source package: [gdm]
Details (1)
- 50.2-3.1 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.38.2-2.7
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gdm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gdm-xdm-integration]Unknown
Source package: [gdm]
Details (1)
- 50.2-3.1 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.38.2-2.7
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gdm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgdm1]Unknown
Source package: [gdm]
Details (1)
- 50.2-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.38.2-2.7
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gdm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[typelib-1_0-Gdm-1_0]Unknown
Source package: [gdm]
Details (1)
- 50.2-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.38.2-2.7
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gdm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gdm]Fixed
Source package: [gdm]
Details (1)
- 50.2-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.38.2-2.7
  dsa · gdm · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[gdm3]Fixed
Details (2)
- 43.0-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
- 43.0-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
[gir1.2-gdm-1.0]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
- 43.0-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
- 43.0-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
[libgdm1]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
- 43.0-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
- 43.0-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
[libgdm-dev]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
- 43.0-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12
- 43.0-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gdm3 · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[gdm3]Fixed
Details (2)
- 48.0-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
- 48.0-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
[gir1.2-gdm-1.0]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
- 48.0-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
- 48.0-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
[libgdm1]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
- 48.0-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
- 48.0-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
[libgdm-dev]Fixed
Source package: [gdm3]
Details (2)
- 48.0-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13
- 48.0-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.26.0-1
  dsa · gdm3 · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:26:00 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]