vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-3982): gnome-shell vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 29, 2022 | Jun 26, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 29, 2022
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAP_SYS_NICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler priority leading to possible DoS of other services running in the same machine.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
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