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Fedora 23 : gdm-3.18.2-1.fc23 (2015-271025c598)

high Nessus Plugin ID 89180

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes CVE-2015-7496 - lock screen bypass when holding escape key.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected gdm package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283279

http://www.nessus.org/u?f948c808

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89180

File Name: fedora_2015-271025c598.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gdm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7496