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openSUSE Leap 15.2: openSUSE-SU-2020:1961-1 Important: GDM Issue

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Addresses a pivotal concern in gdm by way of openSUSE update openSUSE-SU-2021:1234-1 for enhanced reliability.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for gdm fixes the following issues:

- Exit with failure if loading existing users fails (bsc#1178150

CVE-2020-16125).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1961=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

gdm-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

gdm-debuginfo-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

gdm-debugsource-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

gdm-devel-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

libgdm1-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

libgdm1-debuginfo-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

typelib-1_0-Gdm-1_0-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

gdm-branding-upstream-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

gdm-lang-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

gdm-systemd-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

gdmflexiserver-3.34.1-lp152.6.9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16125.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178150

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1961-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2

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