CVE-2017-8288
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Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://github.com/EasyScreenCast/EasyScreenCast/issues/46
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781728
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98070
- https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=2513
- https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/ff425d1db7082e2755d2a405af53861552acf2a1
References
- https://github.com/EasyScreenCast/EasyScreenCast/issues/46
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781728
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98070
- https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=2513
- https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/ff425d1db7082e2755d2a405af53861552acf2a1
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