Bug 1606915 (CVE-2018-14424) - CVE-2018-14424 gdm: use-after-free in the GDM daemon
Summary: CVE-2018-14424 gdm: use-after-free in the GDM daemon
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2018-14424
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1615446 1615447
Blocks: 1606918
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-07-20 22:15 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-12-10 16:44 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-22 04:31:53 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-07-20 22:15:15 UTC 
A flaw was found in GDM daemon. A use-after-free in the GDM daemon, which is possible to trigger via a specially crafted sequence of D-Bus method calls as an unprivileged user.
Comment 4 Doran Moppert 2018-08-06 02:54:44 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Chris Coulson (Ubuntu Security)
Comment 5 Doran Moppert 2018-08-13 00:22:58 UTC 
Upstream bug:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/401
Comment 6 Doran Moppert 2018-08-13 15:40:56 UTC 
Created gdm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1615446]
Comment 9 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-04-22 04:31:53 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-14424
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