Improper Authentication The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libpurple-perl  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBPURPLEPERL-3214969
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed6 Feb 2019

Introduced: 6 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-3820  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Rocky-Linux security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Rocky-Linux:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpurple-perl package and not the libpurple-perl package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.

It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions. An attacker with physical access to a locked workstation could invoke certain keyboard shortcuts, and potentially other actions.