Use After Free Affecting gdm-pam-extensions-devel package, versions <1:3.28.2-16.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GDMPAMEXTENSIONSDEVEL-2140831
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jul 2018

Introduced: 30 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-15857  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 gdm-pam-extensions-devel to version 1:3.28.2-16.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdm-pam-extensions-devel package and not the gdm-pam-extensions-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An invalid free in ExprAppendMultiKeysymList in xkbcomp/ast-build.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon keymap parsers or possibly have unspecified other impact by supplying a crafted keymap file.