UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8288

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8288
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8288.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8288
Related
Published
2017-04-27T00:59:00Z
Modified
2017-04-27T00:59:00Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen. With these extensions, a bystander could launch applications (but not interact with them), see information from the extensions (e.g., what applications you have opened or what music you were playing), or even execute arbitrary commands. It all depends on what extensions a user has enabled. The problem is caused by lack of exception handling in js/ui/extensionSystem.js.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / gnome-shell

Package

Name
gnome-shell

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.16.4-0ubuntu1
3.18.1-1ubuntu1
3.18.2-0ubuntu1
3.18.2-0ubuntu2
3.18.3-3ubuntu1
3.18.4-0ubuntu1
3.18.4-0ubuntu2
3.18.4-0ubuntu3
3.18.5-0ubuntu0.1
3.18.5-0ubuntu0.2
3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}