gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-202009-08.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202009-08">
  <title>GNOME Shell: Information disclosure</title>
  <synopsis>An information disclosure vulnerability in GNOME Shell might allow
    local attackers to obtain sensitive information.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">gnome-shell</product>
  <announced>2020-09-13</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-09-13</revised>
  <bug>736802</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="gnome-base/gnome-shell" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.34.5-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.34.5-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3
      desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>It was discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly handled the login screen
      password dialog.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All GNOME Shell users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.34.5-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17489">CVE-2020-17489</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-09-13T22:02:20Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-09-13T23:26:21Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>