USN-3966-1: GNOME Shell vulnerability
gnome-shell vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
GNOME Shell could be made to execute keyboard shortcuts and other actions
while the workstation was locked.
Software Description
- gnome-shell – graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
Details
It was discovered that the GNOME Shell incorrectly handled certain keyboard inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to invoke keyboard shortcuts, and potentially
other actions while the workstation was locked.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- gnome-shell – 3.30.2-0ubuntu1.18.10.2
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- gnome-shell – 3.28.3+git20190124-0ubuntu18.04.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3966-1: GNOME Shell vulnerability
