Security update for gdm

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0527-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-3825 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-3825 ( NVD ): 6.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability and has five security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gdm fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-3825: Fixed a lock screen bypass when timed login was enabled (bsc#1124628).

Other issues fixed:

  • GLX applications do not work well when the proprietary nvidia driver is used with a wayland session. Because of that this update disables wayland on that hardware (bsc#1112578).
  • Fixed an issue where gdm restart fails to kill user processes (bsc#1112294 and bsc#1113245).
  • Fixed a System halt in the screen with message "End of ORACLE section" (bsc#1120307).
  • Fixed an issue which did not allow the returning to text console when gdm is stopped (bsc#1113700).
  • Fixed an issue which was causing system hang during the load of gdm (bsc#1112578).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Desktop Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2019-527=1

Package List:

  • Desktop Applications Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gdm-debuginfo-3.26.2.1-13.19.2
    • libgdm1-3.26.2.1-13.19.2
    • gdm-devel-3.26.2.1-13.19.2
    • libgdm1-debuginfo-3.26.2.1-13.19.2
    • gdm-3.26.2.1-13.19.2
    • gdm-debugsource-3.26.2.1-13.19.2
    • typelib-1_0-Gdm-1_0-3.26.2.1-13.19.2
  • Desktop Applications Module 15 (noarch)
    • gdm-lang-3.26.2.1-13.19.2
    • gdmflexiserver-3.26.2.1-13.19.2

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