CVE-2015-7496

NameCVE-2015-7496
DescriptionGNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gdm3 (PTS)buster3.30.2-3fixed
bullseye3.38.2.1-1fixed
bookworm43.0-3fixed
trixie45.0.1-3fixed
sid46~rc-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gdm3sourcesqueeze(not affected)
gdm3sourcewheezy(not affected)
gdm3sourcejessie(not affected)
gdm3source(unstable)3.18.2-1

Notes

[jessie] - gdm3 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, unreproducible)
[wheezy] - gdm3 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, unreproducible)
[squeeze] - gdm3 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758032
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=5ac2246
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=05e5fc2

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