Synopsis: Moderate: gdm and gnome-session security, bug fix,
Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:2128-1
Issue Date: 2017-08-02
CVE Numbers: CVE-2015-7496
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The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: gdm
(3.22.3), gnome-session (3.22.3).
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that gdm could crash due to a signal handler dispatched to
an invalid conversation. An attacker could crash gdm by holding the escape
key when the screen is locked, possibly bypassing the locked screen.
(CVE-2015-7496)
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SL7
x86_64
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-xsession-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-custom-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
