CVE-2020-17489
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 11, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 11, 2020
Description
An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through 3.36.4. When logging out of an account, the password box from the login dialog reappears with the password still visible. If the user had decided to have the password shown in cleartext at login time, it is then visible for a brief moment upon a logout. (If the password were never shown in cleartext, only the password length is revealed.)
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/2997
- USN-4464-1vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202009-08vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200915 [SECURITY] [DLA 2374-1] gnome-shell security updatemailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1861vendor-advisory
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