Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.2/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172328.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/8
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758032
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/gdm/3.18/gdm-3.18.2.newsPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172328.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/8
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758032
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/gdm/3.18/gdm-3.18.2.newsPatch
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 24, 2015
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified