vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4464-1 (CVE-2020-17489): GNOME Shell vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Aug 11, 2020 | Aug 19, 2020 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 11, 2020
Added
Aug 19, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through 3.36.4. When logging out of an account, the password box from the login dialog reappears with the password still visible. If the user had decided to have the password shown in cleartext at login time, it is then visible for a brief moment upon a logout. (If the password were never shown in cleartext, only the password length is revealed.)
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-gnome-shell
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