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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GDM-2535290
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Aug 2018

Introduced: 25 Aug 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 gdm to version 1:3.28.2-16.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2079.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdm package and not the gdm package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.