Improper Authorization Affecting gnome-shell-extension-updates-dialog package, versions <0:3.32.1-10.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GNOMESHELLEXTENSIONUPDATESDIALOG-3583000
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Jun 2019

Introduced: 5 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12795  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 gnome-shell-extension-updates-dialog to version 0:3.32.1-10.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:3553.

NVD Description

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

daemon/gvfsdaemon.c in gvfsd from GNOME gvfs before 1.38.3, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.3 opened a private D-Bus server socket without configuring an authorization rule. A local attacker could connect to this server socket and issue D-Bus method calls. (Note that the server socket only accepts a single connection, so the attacker would have to discover the server and connect to the socket before its owner does.)

CVSS Scores

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