CVE-2012-4427

Publication date 1 October 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnome-shell 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

the upstream bug claims this isn't an issue with currently stable browsers. Marking as not-affected.

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