GNOME Shell vulnerability

2023-09-2100:00:00

ubuntu.com

gnome shell

ubuntu 23.04

unauthorized access

open windows

sensitive information

local attacker

security vulnerability

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

5.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

Releases

Ubuntu 23.04

Packages

gnome-shell - graphical shell for the GNOME desktop

Details

Mickael Karatekin discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly allowed the
screenshot tool to view open windows when a session was locked. A local
attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu23.04noarchgnome-shell< 44.3-0ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.04noarchgnome-shell-common< 44.3-0ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.04noarchgnome-shell-dbgsym< 44.3-0ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.04noarchgnome-shell-extension-prefs< 44.3-0ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Ubuntu	23.04	noarch	gnome-shell	< 44.3-0ubuntu1.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.04	noarch	gnome-shell-common	< 44.3-0ubuntu1.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.04	noarch	gnome-shell-dbgsym	< 44.3-0ubuntu1.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.04	noarch	gnome-shell-extension-prefs	< 44.3-0ubuntu1.1	UNKNOWN