Advisories » MGASA-2023-0311

Updated gnome-shell packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 09 Nov 2023
Modification date: 09 Nov 2023
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 9
CVE: CVE-2023-43090

Description

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:

GNOME Shell's lock screen allows an unauthenticated local user to view
windows of the locked desktop session by using keyboard shortcuts to
unlock the restricted functionality of the screenshot tool.
(CVE-2023-43090)
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32320
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6395-1
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-43090

SRPMS

9/core

• gnome-shell-44.2-1.1.mga9