Upstream information

CVE-2020-17489 at MITRE

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.)

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 1.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 4.3 3.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Physical Local
Access Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1175155 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2
  • gnome-settings-daemon >= 3.34.2+0-4.3.1
  • gnome-settings-daemon-devel >= 3.34.2+0-4.3.1
  • gnome-settings-daemon-lang >= 3.34.2+0-4.3.1
  • gnome-shell >= 3.34.5-3.13.1
  • gnome-shell-devel >= 3.34.5-3.13.1
  • gnome-shell-lang >= 3.34.5-3.13.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-3132
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
  • gnome-shell-calendar >= 3.34.5-3.13.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP2-2020-3132
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • gnome-settings-daemon >= 3.34.2+0-lp152.3.3.1
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo >= 3.34.2+0-lp152.3.3.1
  • gnome-settings-daemon-debugsource >= 3.34.2+0-lp152.3.3.1
  • gnome-settings-daemon-devel >= 3.34.2+0-lp152.3.3.1
  • gnome-settings-daemon-lang >= 3.34.2+0-lp152.3.3.1
  • gnome-shell >= 3.34.5-lp152.2.9.1
  • gnome-shell-calendar >= 3.34.5-lp152.2.9.1
  • gnome-shell-calendar-debuginfo >= 3.34.5-lp152.2.9.1
  • gnome-shell-debuginfo >= 3.34.5-lp152.2.9.1
  • gnome-shell-debugsource >= 3.34.5-lp152.2.9.1
  • gnome-shell-devel >= 3.34.5-lp152.2.9.1
  • gnome-shell-lang >= 3.34.5-lp152.2.9.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2020-1861

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s) Source package State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP5 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 gnome-settings-daemon Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 gnome-shell Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 gnome-shell Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 gnome-shell Released