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Fedora 23 GDM Update: CVE-2015-7496 Critical Lock Screen Bypass

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2015
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To fix the CVE-2015-7496 vulnerability in Fedora 23's GDM lock screen, update GDM, configure lock settings, and modify PAM configuration to enhance security.
This update fixes CVE-2015-7496 - lock screen bypass when holding escape key.

Summary

GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up,

log out, and when user-switching.

Update Information:

This update fixes CVE-2015-7496 - lock screen bypass when holding escape key.

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security advisory update critical Fedora bug fix gdm lock screen bypass

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1283279 - CVE-2015-7496 gdm: Crash when holding Escape in log screen https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283279

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update gdm' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: gdm
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 3.18.2
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM
Summary: The GNOME Display Manager

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora bug fix gdm lock screen bypass

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