Description
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.)
Published: 2020-08-11
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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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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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Gnome Gnome-shell
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

Reserved: 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-17489

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Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2020-17489

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2020-17489 - Bugzilla

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