CVE-2020-17489
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%
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.)
Products: gnome-shell, canonical ubuntu_linux, debian_linux, opensuse leap
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 8 | gnome-shell | 3.32.2-44.el8 |
| Debian 12 | gnome-shell | 3.36.5-1 |
| Debian 13 | gnome-shell | 3.36.5-1 |
| Debian 14 | gnome-shell | 3.36.5-1 |
| Debian 9 | gnome-shell | 3.22.3-3+deb9u1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | gnome-shell | 0:3.32.2-44.el8 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | gnome-shell-debuginfo | 0:3.32.2-44.el8 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | gnome-shell-debugsource | 0:3.32.2-44.el8 |
| Rocky Linux 8 | gnome-shell | 0:3.32.2-44.el8 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | gnome-settings-daemon | 3.34.2+0-4.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | gnome-shell | 3.34.5-3.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 | gnome-shell | 3.34.5-3.13.1 |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | gnome-shell | 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.2 | gnome-settings-daemon | 3.34.2+0-lp152.3.3.1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.2 | gnome-shell | 3.34.5-lp152.2.9.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | gnome-shell | 40.5-1.1 |