Executive Summary

Summary
Title GNOME desktop library: Security bypass
Informations
Name GLSA-201908-28 First vendor Publication 2019-08-31
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2019-08-31
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in the GNOME desktop library may allow attackers to escape the sandbox.

Background

Library with common API for various GNOME modules.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in the GNOME desktop library which allows an attacker to escape the sandbox.

Impact

A local attacker could possibly bypass sandbox protection.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNOME desktop library users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=gnome-base/gnome-desktop-3.30.2.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-11460 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11460

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-28

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201908-28.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

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Date Informations
2019-09-01 00:18:44
  • First insertion