Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting gnome-settings-daemon package, versions <3.34.2+0-4.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-GNOMESETTINGSDAEMON-2697885
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Nov 2020

Introduced: 3 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-17489  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 gnome-settings-daemon to version 3.34.2+0-4.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-settings-daemon package and not the gnome-settings-daemon package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through 3.36.4. When logging out of an account, the password box from the login dialog reappears with the password still visible. If the user had decided to have the password shown in cleartext at login time, it is then visible for a brief moment upon a logout. (If the password were never shown in cleartext, only the password length is revealed.)

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1