Scientific Linux 7: SLSA-2017-2128-1 Moderate gdm DoS Bypass Fix

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) 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 [More...]

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