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GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2014-501

GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2014-501
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published December 1, 2014
The lock screen in gnome-shell does not disable taking screenshots via the Print Screen key, and several consecutive screenshot requests can trigger an out-of-memory situation, causing the lock screen to be killed, thus allowing it to be bypassed (CVE-2014-7300).
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Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Mageiagnome-settings-daemon0 (affected), 3.10.2-2.1.mga4 (unaffected)—
Mageiagnome-shell0 (affected), 3.10.2.1-7.1.mga4 (unaffected)—

Aliases

CVE-2014-7300

References

Updated gnome-shell and gnome-settings-daemon packages fix security vulnerability
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Updated gnome-shell and gnome-settings-daemon packages fix security vulnerability
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Updated gnome-shell and gnome-settings-daemon packages fix security vulnerability
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Updated gnome-shell and gnome-settings-daemon packages fix security vulnerability
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