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Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-36472: ELSA-2024-5298: gnome-shell security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 28, 2024
Added
Oct 16, 2024
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

In GNOME Shell through 45.7, a portal helper can be launched automatically (without user confirmation) based on network responses provided by an adversary (e.g., an adversary who controls the local Wi-Fi network), and subsequently loads untrusted JavaScript code, which may lead to resource consumption or other impacts depending on the JavaScript code's behavior.
A vulnerability was found in GNOME Shell. A portal helper can be launched automatically without user confirmation based on the network responses provided by an adversary.

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