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Fedora 28: FEDORA-2018-c785c43a8f Moderate: Cinnamon Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Patch released to address privilege escalation vulnerability in cinnamon-settings-users.py. Update your Fedora 28 Cinnamon for improved protection now!
Fix CVE-2018-13054 cinnamon: privilege escalation in cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI

Summary

Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced

innovative features and a traditional user experience.

The desktop layout is similar to Gnome 2.

The underlying technology is forked from Gnome Shell.

The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing

them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.

Fix CVE-2018-13054 cinnamon: privilege escalation in cinnamon-settings-users.py

GUI

* Thu Jul 5 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.7-1

- Update to 3.8.7 release

* Fri Jun 8 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.4-1

- Update to 3.8.4 release

* Mon May 21 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.3-1

- Update to 3.8.3 release

* Sun May 6 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.2-1

- Update to 3.8.2 release

* Sat May 5 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.1-3

- Use rebased libnm patch

* Wed May 2 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.1-2

- Update required versions

* Tue May 1 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.1-1

- Update to 3.8.1 release

- Revert all 3.8.1 network applet changes as they conflict with the libnm patch

* Mon Apr 30 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.0-4

- Fix possible crash in system tray on start up

* Sat Apr 28 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.0-3

- Revert "Remove requires caribou as it has been retired (f28+)."

* Wed Apr 25 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.0-2

- Remove requires caribou as it has been retired (f28+).

* Tue Apr 24 2018 Leigh Scott - 3.8.0-1

- Update to 3.8.0 release

[ 1 ] Bug #1598494 - CVE-2018-13054 cinnamon: privilege escalation in cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1598494

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-c785c43a8f' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Product: Fedora 28
Version: 3.8.7
Release: 1.fc28
Summary: Window management and application launching for GNOME

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