UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7496

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7496

    Published: 24 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7496

    Summary:

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

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7496, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7496

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gdm3

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1

    Affected versions

    3.18.0-2ubuntu1
    3.18.0-2ubuntu2
    3.18.0-2ubuntu3
    3.18.0-2ubuntu4
    3.18.2-1ubuntu1
    3.18.2-1ubuntu2
    3.18.3-0ubuntu1
    3.18.3-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High