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gdm: Crash when holding Escape in log screen

🗓️ 01 Aug 2017 15:38:38Reported by RedHatType 
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GNOME Display Manager crashes when Escape is held on the login screen due to a signal handler for an invalid conversation.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
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FreeBSD		gdm -- lock screen bypass when holding escape key
12 Nov 201500:00
–freebsd
BDU FSTEC		The vulnerability of the GNOME Display Manager’s graphical interface on the Fedora operating system allows a hacker to bypass the screen lock mechanism.
14 Dec 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 7 : gdm / gnome-session (CESA-2017:2128)
25 Aug 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : gdm (EulerOS-SA-2017-1173)
8 Sep 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : gdm (EulerOS-SA-2017-1174)
8 Sep 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 23 : gdm-3.18.2-1.fc23 (2015-271025c598)
4 Mar 201600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		FreeBSD : gdm -- lock screen bypass when holding escape key (68847b20-8ddc-11e5-b69c-c86000169601)
19 Nov 201500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		MiracleLinux 7 : gdm-3.22.3-11.el7, gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7 (AXSA:2017-2139:01)
16 Jan 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Oracle Linux 7 : gdm / and / gnome-session (ELSA-2017-2128)
9 Aug 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		RHEL 7 : gdm and gnome-session (RHSA-2017:2128)
2 Aug 201700:00
–nessus
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux7aarch64gdm1:3.22.3-11.el7gdm-1:3.22.3-11.el7.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppcgdm1:3.22.3-11.el7gdm-1:3.22.3-11.el7.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64gdm1:3.22.3-11.el7gdm-1:3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64legdm1:3.22.3-11.el7gdm-1:3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390gdm1:3.22.3-11.el7gdm-1:3.22.3-11.el7.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390xgdm1:3.22.3-11.el7gdm-1:3.22.3-11.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7x86_64gdm1:3.22.3-11.el7gdm-1:3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7anygdm1:3.22.3-11.el7.i686gdm-1:3.22.3-11.el7.i686.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7aarch64gdm-debuginfo1:3.22.3-11.el7gdm-debuginfo-1:3.22.3-11.el7.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppcgdm-debuginfo1:3.22.3-11.el7gdm-debuginfo-1:3.22.3-11.el7.ppc.rpm
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27 Jun 2026 08:46Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 27.2
EPSS0.00406
CWE-364
gnome display managerlogin screenescape keysignal handlerinvalid conversationcrashlocked screen
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