Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1478
Advisory Release Date: 2020-08-18 19:52 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-08-24 23:59 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
It was discovered that the gnome-shell lock screen since version 3.15.91 did not properly restrict all contextual actions. An attacker with physical access to a locked workstation could invoke certain keyboard shortcuts, and potentially other actions. (CVE-2019-3820)
Affected Packages:
gnome-shell
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update gnome-shell to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
gnome-shell-3.28.3-24.amzn2.aarch64
gnome-shell-debuginfo-3.28.3-24.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
gnome-shell-3.28.3-24.amzn2.i686
gnome-shell-debuginfo-3.28.3-24.amzn2.i686
src:
gnome-shell-3.28.3-24.amzn2.src
x86_64:
gnome-shell-3.28.3-24.amzn2.x86_64
gnome-shell-debuginfo-3.28.3-24.amzn2.x86_64