Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting gnome-shell-extension-auto-move-windows package, versions <0:3.32.1-11.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-GNOMESHELLEXTENSIONAUTOMOVEWINDOWS-2571916
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Feb 2021

Introduced: 8 Feb 2021

CVE-2020-14391  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 gnome-shell-extension-auto-move-windows to version 0:3.32.1-11.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4451.

NVD Description

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

A flaw was found in the GNOME Control Center in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 versions prior to 8.2, where it improperly uses Red Hat Customer Portal credentials when a user registers a system through the GNOME Settings User Interface. This flaw allows a local attacker to discover the Red Hat Customer Portal password. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

CVSS Scores

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