CVE-2024-36472

The GNOME Shell redefines user interactions with the GNOME desktop. In particular, it offers new paradigms for launching applications, accessing documents, and organizing open windows in GNOME. Later, it will introduce a new applets eco-system and offer new solutions for other desktop features, such as notifications and contacts management. The GNOME Shell is intended to replace functions handled by the GNOME Panel and by the window manager in previous versions of GNOME. The GNOME Shell has rich visual effects enabled by new graphical technologies.

Security Fix(es):

In GNOME Shell through 45.7, a portal helper can be launched automatically (without user confirmation) based on network responses provided by an adversary (e.g., an adversary who controls the local Wi-Fi network), and subsequently loads untrusted JavaScript code, which may lead to resource consumption or other impacts depending on the JavaScript code's behavior.(CVE-2024-36472)

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.

In GNOME Shell through 45.7, a portal helper can be launched automatically (without user confirmation) based on network responses provided by an adversary (e.g., an adversary who controls the local Wi-Fi network), and subsequently loads untrusted JavaScript code, which may lead to resource consumption or other impacts depending on the JavaScript code's behavior.

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.

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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

• CVE-2024-36472: fix portal helper from launching automatically based on network responses to prevent loading untrusted JavaScript code

• CVE-2024-36472: fix portal helper from launching automatically based on network responses to prevent loading untrusted JavaScript code

• CVE-2024-36472: fix portal helper from launching automatically based on network responses to prevent loading untrusted JavaScript code

In GNOME Shell through 45.7, a portal helper can be launched automatically (without user confirmation) based on network responses provided by an adversary (e.g., an adversary who controls the local Wi-Fi network), and subsequently loads untrusted JavaScript code, which may lead to resource consumption or other impacts depending on the JavaScript code's behavior. (CVE-2024-36472)

These are all security issues fixed in the gnome-extensions-46.3.1-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

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 Rocky Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

This update for gnome-shell fixes the following issues:

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

This update for gnome-shell fixes the following issues:

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

This update for gnome-shell fixes the following issues:

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

It was discovered that GNOME Shell incorrectly opened the portal helper automatically when detecting a captive network portal. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary web pages containing JavaScript, leading to resource consumption or other attacks.