An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through 3.36.4. When logging out of an account, the password box from the login dialog reappears with the password still visible. If the user had decided to have the password shown in cleartext at login time, it is then visible for a brief moment upon a logout. (If the password were never shown in cleartext, only the password length is revealed.)
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2374-1 gnome-shell security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-9439 An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through 3.36.4. When logging out of an account, the password box from the login dialog reappears with the password still visible. If the user had decided to have the password shown in cleartext at login time, it is then visible for a brief moment upon a logout. (If the password were never shown in cleartext, only the password length is revealed.)
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4464-1 GNOME Shell vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:00:47.469Z

Reserved: 2020-08-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-17489

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-11T21:15:10.837

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:08:13.003

Link: CVE-2020-17489

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-17489 - Bugzilla

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