Synopsis

gdm bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gdm packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) is a highly configurable reimplementation of
XDM, the X Display Manager. GDM allows you to log into your system with the X
Window System running and supports running several different X sessions on your
local machine at the same time.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the gdmsetup utility did not automatically add users to the user
  whitelist file /etc/gdm/custom.conf, although these users were configured for
  automatic login. With this update, the problem has been fixed and users are now
  automatically added to the whitelist file, as expected. (BZ#217417)
  
• Previously, the GDM GUI was not properly resized when the failed
  authentication message was displayed for the user. As a result, the failed
  authentication message was not displayed correctly. With this update, the
  problem has been fixed so that the GUI is resized properly and the message is
  displayed as expected. (BZ#575771)
  
• When shutting down the X Window System, the gdm-rh-security-token-helper
  program could have terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault under
  certain circumstances. With this update, the problem has been fixed, and
  gdm-rh-security-token-helper works as expected. (BZ#658506)
  

All users of GDM are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 575771 - Authentication failed message is cut off with plain gdm login greeter (/usr/libexec/gdmlogin)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: e9c7a9f860044d62000e56b55916bd3f688bfa1ecc475868baa4f588a0fef4b7
x86_64
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b2ba571ec37f3dddbc58a9a87d06feb8a3992683d8330dae7f9ce8a50b600f8e
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: eea47ecbb765e5260bc107b381dc9f265022a3ba2fe602ab95666cc9bd7cf355
ia64
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 6e667b4da8e549f44602a8e2b64a9647ff92f39fdbe611570a486a10f7231c5e
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 6f4e56ac6709a691803cb75c66e36d88ebe6ec5b10c8751c02bb16e9c7bb20dc
i386
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 875ab7e395571b96be77cda4acc8450f9898fea33a80075169ea8d4d2261c241
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 57271520763273b35afa0c440111f6779fd62fa121207b2a6ca23a4dd164c08a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: e9c7a9f860044d62000e56b55916bd3f688bfa1ecc475868baa4f588a0fef4b7
x86_64
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b2ba571ec37f3dddbc58a9a87d06feb8a3992683d8330dae7f9ce8a50b600f8e
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: eea47ecbb765e5260bc107b381dc9f265022a3ba2fe602ab95666cc9bd7cf355
i386
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 875ab7e395571b96be77cda4acc8450f9898fea33a80075169ea8d4d2261c241
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 57271520763273b35afa0c440111f6779fd62fa121207b2a6ca23a4dd164c08a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: e9c7a9f860044d62000e56b55916bd3f688bfa1ecc475868baa4f588a0fef4b7
x86_64
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b2ba571ec37f3dddbc58a9a87d06feb8a3992683d8330dae7f9ce8a50b600f8e
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: eea47ecbb765e5260bc107b381dc9f265022a3ba2fe602ab95666cc9bd7cf355
i386
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 875ab7e395571b96be77cda4acc8450f9898fea33a80075169ea8d4d2261c241
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 57271520763273b35afa0c440111f6779fd62fa121207b2a6ca23a4dd164c08a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: e9c7a9f860044d62000e56b55916bd3f688bfa1ecc475868baa4f588a0fef4b7
s390x
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: d83e7051a454483e97e37e3f79e808eb5d3c7ad9967ab50d44965db9a20a2839
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 926c490a2670937dd528250f839951ec23c9b85d6512a4897680efce601047a9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: e9c7a9f860044d62000e56b55916bd3f688bfa1ecc475868baa4f588a0fef4b7
ppc
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 85a13dd2692333f2e5aee20c81cac730a75074e7d888fed09580fa87f06ba284
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 506c3ae1a587b0a70c10aa411aa0fa1eacd55a889d5c67d9e19ce0f48bab8978

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: e9c7a9f860044d62000e56b55916bd3f688bfa1ecc475868baa4f588a0fef4b7
x86_64
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b2ba571ec37f3dddbc58a9a87d06feb8a3992683d8330dae7f9ce8a50b600f8e
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: eea47ecbb765e5260bc107b381dc9f265022a3ba2fe602ab95666cc9bd7cf355
i386
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 875ab7e395571b96be77cda4acc8450f9898fea33a80075169ea8d4d2261c241
gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 57271520763273b35afa0c440111f6779fd62fa121207b2a6ca23a4dd164c08a