USN-6963-1: GNOME Shell vulnerability

15 August 2024

GNOME Shell could allow unintended access to network services.

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Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly opened the portal helper
automatically when detecting a captive network portal. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary web pages containing
JavaScript, leading to resource consumption or other attacks.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

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