Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-9114-03
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: gnome-shell and gnome-shell-extensions security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2024:9114-03
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9114
Issue date: 2024-11-12
Revision: 03
CVE Names: CVE-2024-36472
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Summary:
An update for gnome-shell and gnome-shell-extensions is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description:
GNOME Shell acts as a compositing manager for the desktop, and displays both application windows and other objects. It provides core interface functions like switching windows, launching applications, and notifications. It takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts.
Security Fix(es):
* gnome-shell: code execution in portal helper (CVE-2024-36472)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Solution:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2024-36472
References:
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/index
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2283750
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-2031
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-22713
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-24713
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-25016
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-26989
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-43545