Race Condition Affecting gnome-session-custom-session package, versions <0:3.22.3-4.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GNOMESESSIONCUSTOMSESSION-5145977
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Nov 2015

Introduced: 12 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-7496  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-364  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gnome-session-custom-session to version 0:3.22.3-4.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2128.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-session-custom-session package and not the gnome-session-custom-session package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.

CVSS Scores

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