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Race Condition Affecting gnome-session-xsession package, versions <0:3.28.1-8.el8

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.76% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-GNOMESESSIONXSESSION-2555451
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed29 May 2019
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Introduced: 29 May 2019

CVE-2019-12448  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 gnome-session-xsession to version 0:3.28.1-8.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1766.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-session-xsession package and not the gnome-session-xsession package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c has race conditions because the admin backend doesn't implement query_info_on_read/write.

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