Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu package) - CVE-2023-5616
Published: December 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU84370
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5616
CWE-ID: CWE-357
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass expected security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in GNOME Settings that did not accurately reflect the SSH remote login status when the system was configured to use systemd socket activation for OpenSSH. This could unknowingly leave the local machine exposed to remote SSH access contrary to expectation of the user.
Affected software
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu package)
gnome-control-center-filesystem
gnome-control-center-doc
gnome-control-center
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
gnome-control-center-filesystem
gnome-control-center-doc
gnome-control-center
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
How to mitigate CVE-2023-5616
Install updates from vendor's website.
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:41.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8, 1:44.0-1ubuntu6.1, 1:45.0-1ubuntu3.1, 1:3.36.5-0ubuntu4.1
gnome-control-center-filesystem - update to 47.3-1
gnome-control-center-doc - update to 47.3-1
gnome-control-center - update to 47.3-1
gnome-control-center-filesystem - update to 47.3-1
gnome-control-center-doc - update to 47.3-1
gnome-control-center - update to 47.3-1