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Rocky Linux 8 : gnome-shell (RLSA-2022:1814)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185081

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:1814 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through 3.36.4. When logging out of an account, the password box from the login dialog reappears with the password still visible. If the user had decided to have the password shown in cleartext at login time, it is then visible for a brief moment upon a logout. (If the password were never shown in cleartext, only the password length is revealed.) (CVE-2020-17489)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected gnome-shell, gnome-shell-debuginfo and / or gnome-shell-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:1814

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868418

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2000918

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025940

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185081

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-1814.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

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:rocky:linux:gnome-shell, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnome-shell-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gnome-shell-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17489