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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : GNOME Shell vulnerability (USN-3966-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124677

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that the GNOME Shell incorrectly handled certain keyboard inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to invoke keyboard shortcuts, and potentially other actions while the workstation was locked.

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Solution

Update the affected gnome-shell and / or gnome-shell-common packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3966-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124677

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3966-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/7/2019

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3820

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnome-shell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnome-shell-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3820

USN: 3966-1