CVE-2019-3820

Publication date 6 February 2019

Last updated 8 October 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions. An attacker with physical access to a locked workstation could invoke certain keyboard shortcuts, and potentially other actions.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnome-shell 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Fixed 3.30.2-3
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.28.3+git20190124-0ubuntu18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/c79d24b60e773262091023feb6ee1b3deef1c471

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
gnome-shell

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3 · Medium
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7052-1
    • GNOME Shell vulnerabilities
    • 3 October 2024

Other references