Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gnome-shell  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-GNOMESHELL-633562
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed29 Apr 2014

Introduced: 29 Apr 2014

CVE-2013-7221  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-shell package and not the gnome-shell package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation.