MiracleLinux 7 : gdm-3.22.3-11.el7, gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7 (AXSA:2017-2139:01)

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2139:01 advisory. gdm GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user-switching. gnome-session gnome-session manages a GNOME deskt...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2017-0248)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for gdm (EulerOS-SA-2017-1174)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Scientific Linux Security Update : gdm and gnome-session on SL7.x x86_64 (20170802)

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: gdm 3.22.3, gnome-session 3.22.3. Security Fixes : - 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...

MGASA-2017-0248 Updated gdm packages fix security vulnerability

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...

RHEL 7 : gdm and gnome-session (RHSA-2017:2128)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2128 advisory. The GNOME Display Manager GDM provides the graphical login screen shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user-switching. The following packag...

Fedora 23 : gdm-3.18.2-1.fc23 (2015-271025c598)

This update fixes CVE-2015-7496 - lock screen bypass when holding escape key. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without...

CVE-2015-7496

GNOME Display Manager gdm before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key...

CVE-2015-7496

CVE-2015-7496 affects the GNOME Display Manager (gdm) prior to 3.18.2. The root cause is a faulty input handling where a signal/escape-key sequence can be exploited, enabling a physically proximate attacker to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key. Reported across multiple advisories (...