CVE-2021-20315

A locking protection bypass flaw was found in some versions of gnome-shell as shipped within CentOS Stream 8, when the "Application menu" or "Window list" GNOME extensions are enabled. This flaw allows a physical attacker who has access to a locked system to kill existing applications and start n...

AlmaLinux 8 : GNOME (ALSA-2019:3553)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2019:3553 advisory. - It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions. An attacker with physical...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2022-0007)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0260)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0057)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0501)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0316)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0055)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

MGASA-2022-0007 Updated gnome-shell packages fix security vulnerability

Drop extra capabilities from gnome-shell. They're optional and they break shutdown from the login screen with new glibs. CVE-2021-3982...

Updated gnome-shell packages fix security vulnerability

Drop extra capabilities from gnome-shell. They're optional and they break shutdown from the login screen with new glibs. CVE-2021-3982...

PT-2022-11085 · Unknown +1 · Gnome Shell +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux distributions affected versions not specified Description: The issue concerns Linux distributions that use CAP SYS NICE for gnome-shell, potentially exposing them to a privilege escalation problem. An attacker with low privilege...

Fedora: Security Advisory for gnome-shell-extensions (FEDORA-2021-dd7960de3c)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Fedora: Security Advisory for gnome-shell (FEDORA-2021-dd7960de3c)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mutter-40.7-1.fc34

Mutter is a window and compositing manager that displays and manages your desktop via OpenGL. Mutter combines a sophisticated display engine using the Clutter toolkit with solid window-management logic inherited from the Metacity window manager. While Mutter can be used stand-alone, it is primari...

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: gnome-shell-extensions-40.5-1.fc34

GNOME Shell Extensions is a collection of extensions providing additional and optional functionality to GNOME Shell. Enabled extensions: apps-menu auto-move-windows drive-menu launch-new-instance native-window-placement places-menu screenshot-window-sizer user-theme window-list windowsNavigator...

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: gnome-shell-40.7-1.fc34

GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy...

ALBA-2021:5233 gnome-shell-extensions bug fix and enhancement update

GNOME Shell extensions allow for modifying the default GNOME Shell interface and its parts, such as window management and application launching. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: Disable unfullscreen gesture or a function to switch between normal mode and fullscreen mode BZ2009192 Desktop icons extensi...

gnome-shell-extensions bug fix and enhancement update

An update is available for gnome-shell-extensions. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list GNOME Shell extensions allow for modifying the default GNOME...

gnome-shell-extensions bug fix and enhancement update

GNOME Shell extensions allow for modifying the default GNOME Shell interface and its parts, such as window management and application launching. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: Disable unfullscreen gesture or a function to switch between normal mode and fullscreen mode BZ2009192 Desktop icons extensi...

CVE-2021-3982

Linux distributions using CAPSYSNICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAPSYSNICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler priority leading to possib...