PT-2014-3289 · Gnome · Gnome Shell

Ratul Gupta · Published 2014-04-29 · Updated 2014-04-29 · CVE-2013-7220

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) versions prior to 3.8

Description The issue allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation with the keyboard focus on the Activities search field in the js/ui/screenShield.js file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8, consider disabling the screen shield functionality until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to unattended workstations to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-7220

Affected Products

Gnome Shell

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7220 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7220 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/o2platform/DefCon_RESTing/tree/master/Live-Demos/Neo4j · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030431 · Note
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686740 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/6 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8 · Note