[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: gdm-3.18.2-1.fc23

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-271025c598
2015-11-22 01:00:28.062037
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Name        : gdm
Product     : Fedora 23
Version     : 3.18.2
Release     : 1.fc23
URL         : https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM
Summary     : The GNOME Display Manager
Description :
GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up,
log out, and when user-switching.

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Update Information:

This update fixes CVE-2015-7496 - lock screen bypass when holding escape key.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1283279 - CVE-2015-7496 gdm: Crash when holding Escape in log screen
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283279
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update gdm' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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