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Ubuntu: USN-3966-1 (CVE-2019-3820): GNOME Shell vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3966-1 (CVE-2019-3820): GNOME Shell vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/06/2019
Created
05/08/2019
Added
05/07/2019
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-gnome-shell

References

  • USN-3966-1
  • CVE-2019-3820

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