openSUSE Security Update : gnome-settings-daemon / gnome-shell (openSUSE-2020-1861)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142628

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-shell fixes the following issues :

gnome-settings-daemon :

- Add support for recent UCM related changes in ALSA and PulseAudio. (jsc#SLE-16518)

- Don't warn when a default source or sink is missing and the PulseAudio daemon is restarting. (jsc#SLE-16518)

- Don't warn about starting/stopping services which don't exist. (bsc#1172760).

gnome-shell :

- Add support for recent UCM related changes in ALSA and PulseAudio. (jsc#SLE-16518)

- CVE-2020-17489: reset auth prompt on vt switch before fade in in loginDialog (bsc#1175155).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected gnome-settings-daemon / gnome-shell packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172760

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1175155

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142628

File Name: openSUSE-2020-1861.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2020

Updated: 2/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17489

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-shell-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-shell-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-shell-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-shell-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-settings-daemon, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-settings-daemon-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-settings-daemon-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-settings-daemon-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-shell, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-shell-calendar, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-shell-calendar-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17489