GNOME Gnome-shell prior 3.14.0 resource management

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A vulnerability was found in GNOME Gnome-shell. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.

The weakness was presented 12/25/2014 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at git.gnome.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-7300 since 10/02/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83700 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : gnome-settings-daemon (SUSE-SU-2015:0515-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 3.14.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.gnome.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96713) and Tenable (83700).

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 83700
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : gnome-settings-daemon (SUSE-SU-2015:0515-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2015-0535
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Upgrade: Gnome-shell 3.14.0
Patch: git.gnome.org

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09/29/2014 🔍
10/02/2014 +3 days 🔍
11/19/2014 +48 days 🔍
12/25/2014 +36 days 🔍
12/25/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +92 days 🔍
05/20/2015 +54 days 🔍
04/10/2022 +2517 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: RHSA-2015:0535
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-7300 (🔍)
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X-Force: 96713
Vulnerability Center: 47174 - gnome-shell Local Bypass Restrictions due to Improper Managing of Overly Large Amount of Screenshots, Low
SecurityFocus: 70178

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/10/2022 08:14
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (60), 06/12/2017 08:31 (7), 04/10/2022 08:09 (3), 04/10/2022 08:14 (2)
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Cache ID: 3:CDF:103

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