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Mageia: MGASA-2022-0007 Critical Update for gnome-shell Shutdown Issue

mageia
Calendar Grey January 5, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
MGASA-2022-0007 introduces critical gnome-shell patches to address a vulnerability linked to system reboot procedures influenced by certain user settings.
Drop extra capabilities from gnome-shell

Summary

Drop extra capabilities from gnome-shell. They're optional and they break shutdown from the login screen with new glibs. (CVE-2021-3982)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29825

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/SCLTOBHCAJ5W2MER2M53HAM2IBEBL2AC/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3982

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical update gnome-shell Mageia shutdown issue

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/gnome-shell-3.38.3-2.1.mga8

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Publication date: 05 Jan 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0007.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-3982

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical update gnome-shell Mageia shutdown issue

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