Description
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.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-17250 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7052-1 | GNOME Shell vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.300Z
Reserved: 2017-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-8288
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-04-27T00:59:00.350
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-8288
OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD
Ubuntu USN