Mageia alert MGASA-2017-0248 (gdm)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2017-0248: Updated gdm packages fix security vulnerability 
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Tue, 8 Aug 2017 00:17:02 +0200
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MGASA-2017-0248 - Updated gdm packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 07 Aug 2017
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0248.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5
CVE: CVE-2015-7496

Description:
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).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21450
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7496

SRPMS:
- 5/core/gdm-3.14.2-5.1.mga5