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- USN-6963-1
15/8/2024
USN-6963-1: GNOME Shell vulnerability
First published: Thu Aug 15 2024(Updated: )
It was discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly opened the portal helper automatically when detecting a captive network portal. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary web pages containing JavaScript, leading to resource consumption or other attacks.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/gnome-shell | <46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.3 | 46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.3 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/gnome-shell | <42.9-0ubuntu2.2 | 42.9-0ubuntu2.2 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/gnome-shell | <3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 | 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36472
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.3
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/42.9-0ubuntu2.2
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6963-1 (Advisory)
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