Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session Affecting gnome-remote-desktop package, versions [46.alpha, 46.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GNOMEREMOTEDESKTOP-6969141
  • published22 May 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024
  • creditMatthias Gerstner

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2024-5148  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-488  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gnome-remote-desktop to version 46.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session in the session agent validation process using D-Bus methods. An attacker can expose the RDP TLS certificate and key by exploiting inadequate validation during the transition from the login screen to the user session.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1