CVE-2017-8288

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8288
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-27 00:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-05-10 16:11:00 UTC
Descriptiongnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen. With these extensions, a bystander could launch applications (but not interact with them), see information from the extensions (e.g., what applications you have opened or what music you were playing), or even execute arbitrary commands. It all depends on what extensions a user has enabled. The problem is caused by lack of exception handling in js/ui/extensionSystem.js.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.22.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.22.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.22.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.22.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.90 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.91 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.92 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.24.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.24.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.22.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.22.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.22.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.22.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.90 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.91 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.23.92 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.24.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell 3.24.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
0002513: Lockscreen doesn't always hide the menus and the dock - Kali Linux Bug Tracker CONFIRM bugs.kali.org Issue Tracking
Locking Screen sometimes dock and window list will remain in view · Issue #46 · EasyScreenCast/EasyScreenCast · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
GNOME gnome-shell CVE-2017-8288 Lock Screen Local Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 781728 – Extensions enabled in screenshield if one extension fails to reload CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking
extensionSystem: handle reloading broken extensions · GNOME/gnome-shell@ff425d1 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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