SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : gnome-shell (SUSE-SU-2017:2217-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102627

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for gnome-shell provides the following fixes :

- Fix not intuitive login screen for root user (bsc#1047262)

- Disable session selection button when it's hidden in user switch dialog (bsc#1034584, bsc#1034827)

- Fix app windows overlay app list in overview screen (bsc#1008539)

- Properly handle failures when loading extensions (bsc#1036494, CVE-2017-8288)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2017-1350=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP2-2017-1350=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1350=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1350=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1350=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1350=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1350=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1350=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1350=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102627

File Name: suse_SU-2017-2217-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/21/2017

Updated: 11/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8288

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell-browser-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell-browser-plugin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell-calendar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell-calendar-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8288

Detections

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