CVE-2023-5616

State: Published
Severity: 4.9 Medium
Published: Apr 15, 2025
Updated: Apr 15, 2025
Reserved: Oct 17, 2023

Description

In Ubuntu, gnome-control-center did not properly reflect SSH remote login status when the system was configured to use systemd socket activation for openssh-server. This could unknowingly leave the local machine exposed to remote SSH access contrary to expectation of the user.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.9 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Ubuntu's gnome-control-centerCanonical Ltd.	1:45 to before 1:45.0-1ubuntu3.1Affected 1:44 to before 1:44.0-1ubuntu6.1Affected 1:41 to before 1:41.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8Affected 1:3 to before 1:3.36.5-0ubuntu4.1Affected

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/2039577issue-tracking
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6554-1vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5616issue-tracking

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