A vulnerability was found in GNOME Shell. GNOME Shell's lock screen allows an unauthenticated local user to view windows of the locked desktop session by using keyboard shortcuts to unlock the restricted functionality of the screenshot tool.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2576-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-36472: Fixed portal helper automatically launched without user confirmation (bsc#1225567)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6395-1 advisory.

    Mickael Karatekin discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly allowed the screenshot tool to view open windows     when a session was locked. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5501 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
203001	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : gnome-shell (SUSE-SU-2024:2576-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
181764	Ubuntu 23.04 : GNOME Shell vulnerability (USN-6395-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
181565	Debian DSA-5501-1 : gnome-shell - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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