usn-6963-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-08-15 13:19
Modified
2026-02-10 04:45
Summary
gnome-shell vulnerability
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.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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}
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}
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"3.36.0-2ubuntu2",
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"3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2",
"3.36.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
"3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
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},
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},
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}
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}
]
}
],
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},
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"binaries": [
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"binary_version": "46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.3"
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"45.1-1ubuntu1",
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"46.0-0ubuntu5",
"46.0-0ubuntu5.1",
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}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly opened the portal helper\nautomatically when detecting a captive network portal. A remote attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to load arbitrary web pages containing\nJavaScript, leading to resource consumption or other attacks.\n",
"id": "USN-6963-1",
"modified": "2026-02-10T04:45:02Z",
"published": "2024-08-15T13:19:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6963-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36472"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "gnome-shell vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36472"
]
}
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