Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting gdm-pam-extensions-devel package, versions <1:3.28.2-16.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GDMPAMEXTENSIONSDEVEL-2143449
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Mar 2018

Introduced: 10 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-15853  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (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.

Endless recursion exists in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon and libxkbcommon before 0.8.1, which could be used by local attackers to crash xkbcommon users by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers boolean negation.