Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance package, versions <0:3.28.1-5.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.46% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GNOMESHELLEXTENSIONLAUNCHNEWINSTANCE-4915762
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Oct 2017

Introduced: 12 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-18267  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance to version 0:3.28.1-5.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3140.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance package and not the gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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