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Subject:	Security ERRATA Moderate: gdm and gnome-session on SL7.x x86_64
From:	Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:40:53 -0000
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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

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