CVE-2015-7496

CVE Details

Release Date:2015-11-12

Description


GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximateattackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.

See more information about CVE-2015-7496 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

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

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (gdm)ELSA-2017-21282017-08-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (gnome-session)ELSA-2017-21282017-08-07



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