CVE-2019-3820

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3820
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-06 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-29 14:24:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions. An attacker with physical access to a locked workstation could invoke certain keyboard shortcuts, and potentially other actions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell All All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-shell All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1529-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Partial screen lock bypass via keybindings? (#851) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-shell · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1669391 – (CVE-2019-3820) CVE-2019-3820 gnome-shell: partial lock screen bypass CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-3966-1: GNOME Shell vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1582-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377295 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for gnome (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0070)
  • 940366 AlmaLinux Security Update for GNOME (ALSA-2019:3553)
  • 960235 Rocky Linux Security Update for GNOME (RLSA-2019:3553)
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