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GLSA-202009-08 : GNOME Shell: Information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140563

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202009-08 (GNOME Shell: Information disclosure)

 It was discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly handled the login screen password dialog.
 Impact :

 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GNOME Shell users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.34.5-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140563

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202009-08.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 9/14/2020

Updated: 2/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17489

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnome-shell, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17489

GLSA: 202009-08