Bug#1072124: gnome-shell: CVE-2024-36472

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

Source: gnome-shell
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for gnome-shell.

CVE-2024-36472[0]:
| In GNOME Shell through 45.7, a portal helper can be launched
| automatically (without user confirmation) based on network responses
| provided by an adversary (e.g., an adversary who controls the local
| Wi-Fi network), and subsequently loads untrusted JavaScript code,
| which may lead to resource consumption or other impacts depending on
| the JavaScript code's behavior.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/7688


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-36472
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36472

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.