<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="202009-08"> <title>GNOME Shell: Information disclosure</title> <synopsis>An information disclosure vulnerability in GNOME Shell might allow local attackers to obtain sensitive information. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">gnome-shell</product> <announced>2020-09-13</announced> <revised count="1">2020-09-13</revised> <bug>736802</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="gnome-base/gnome-shell" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.34.5-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.34.5-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. </p> </background> <description> <p>It was discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly handled the login screen password dialog. </p> </description> <impact type="low"> <p>Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.</p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All GNOME Shell users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.34.5-r1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17489">CVE-2020-17489</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-09-13T22:02:20Z">whissi</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-09-13T23:26:21Z">whissi</metadata> </glsa>