PT-2023-32217 · Gnome+3 · Gnome-Control-Center+3

Zygmunt Krynicki · Published 2023-01-01 · Updated 2025-08-26 · CVE-2023-5616

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gnome-control-center (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises when the system is configured to use systemd socket activation for openssh-server, causing gnome-control-center to not properly reflect the SSH remote login status. This could leave the local machine exposed to remote SSH access, contrary to the user's expectation.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-290

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5616

USN-6554-1

Affected Products

Debian

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Gnome-Control-Center

References · 13

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/2039577 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5616 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5616 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5616 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5616 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5616 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5616 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6554-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5616 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6554-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cveNotify/133514 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1912215992752648283 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/23003 · Telegram Post