Resource Management Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gnome-shell (opens in a new tab)
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- published25 Dec 2014
- disclosed25 Dec 2014
Introduced: 25 Dec 2014
CVE-2014-7300 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.
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.
GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-7300
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7300
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737456
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=a72dca361080ffc9f45ff90188a7cf013c3c4013
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=f02b007337e61436aaa0e81a86ad707b6d277378
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/29/17
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0535.html