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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.1901
Moderate: gdm and gnome-session security, bug fix, and enhancement update
2 August 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: gdm and gnome-session
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS/Desktop 7
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Unauthorised Access -- Console/Physical
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2015-7496
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Red Hat. It is recommended that administrators
running gdm and gnome-session check for an updated version of the
software for their operating system.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: gdm and gnome-session security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:2128-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128
Issue date: 2017-08-01
CVE Names: CVE-2015-7496
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1. Summary:
An update for gdm and gnome-session is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
3. Description:
The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) provides the graphical login screen shown
shortly after boot up, log out, and when user-switching.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: gdm
(3.22.3), gnome-session (3.22.3). (BZ#1386862, BZ#1386957)
Security Fix(es):
* 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.
(CVE-2015-7496)
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
GDM must be restarted for this update to take effect.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1273156 - GDM does not work with XDMCP indirect
1283279 - CVE-2015-7496 gdm: Crash when holding Escape in log screen
1373837 - gdm not starting because of error in config
1386862 - rebase gdm to 3.22.x
1386957 - rebase gnome-session to 3.22.x
1392970 - gnome-session-failed segfaults on hard GDM service stop
1448209 - Locked screen does not show a message to insert the smartcard when smartcard is removed
1449632 - Fuzzy translations in de, es, fr, it, ja, ko, pt_BR, ru, zh_CN, zh_TW
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.src.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-xsession-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-custom-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.src.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-custom-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-xsession-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.src.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.src.rpm
aarch64:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.aarch64.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.aarch64.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.aarch64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.aarch64.rpm
gnome-session-xsession-3.22.3-4.el7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc.rpm
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64.rpm
gnome-session-xsession-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
gnome-session-xsession-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.s390.rpm
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.s390x.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.s390.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.s390x.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.s390x.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.s390x.rpm
gnome-session-xsession-3.22.3-4.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-xsession-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
aarch64:
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.aarch64.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.aarch64.rpm
gnome-session-custom-session-3.22.3-4.el7.aarch64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64:
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
gnome-session-custom-session-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
gnome-session-custom-session-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.s390.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.s390x.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.s390.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.s390x.rpm
gnome-session-custom-session-3.22.3-4.el7.s390x.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-custom-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.src.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-xsession-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-debuginfo-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.i686.rpm
gdm-devel-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-custom-session-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
gnome-session-debuginfo-3.22.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7496
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/index.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
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