NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gdm package, versions <1:3.28.2-16.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GDM-2535376
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Aug 2018

Introduced: 25 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15861  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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.

Unchecked NULL pointer usage in ExprResolveLhs in xkbcomp/expr.c in xkbcommon before 0.8.2 could be used by local attackers to crash (NULL pointer dereference) the xkbcommon parser by supplying a crafted keymap file that triggers an xkb_intern_atom failure.

CVSS Base Scores

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