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MiracleLinux 7 : gdm-3.22.3-11.el7, gnome-session-3.22.3-4.el7 (AXSA:2017-2139:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 289207

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2139:01 advisory.

 gdm GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up, log out, and when user-switching.
 gnome-session gnome-session manages a GNOME desktop or GDM login session. It starts up the other core GNOME components and handles logout and saving the session.
 CVE-2015-7496 GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/8579

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 289207

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2017-2139.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:gnome-session, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:gnome-session-custom-session, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:gdm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:gnome-session-xsession

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7496