Access Restriction Bypass Affecting gnome-shell package, versions <3.10.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-GNOMESHELL-5681214
  • published29 Apr 2014
  • disclosed29 Apr 2014

Introduced: 29 Apr 2014

CVE-2013-7221  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 gnome-shell to version 3.10.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-shell package and not the gnome-shell package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation.

CVSS Scores

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