CVE-2015-7496

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-11-12
CWE:
CWE-364
Bugzilla:
1283279: CVE-2015-7496 gdm: Crash when holding Escape in log screen
It was found that gdm could crash due to a signal handler dispatched to an invalid conversation. An attacker could crash gdm by holding the escape key when the screen is locked, possibly bypassing the locked screen.

Find out more about CVE-2015-7496 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 4.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Physical
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (gdm) RHSA-2017:2128 2017-08-01

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gdm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gdm Not affected

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