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Medium ALSA-2020:1766 5 CVEs

Moderate: GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Apr 28, 2020 · Updated Nov 5, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux.

Security Fix(es):

* LibRaw: stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp (CVE-2018-20337)

* gdm: lock screen bypass when timed login is enabled (CVE-2019-3825)

* gvfs: mishandling of file ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c (CVE-2019-12447)

* gvfs: race condition in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to admin backend not implementing query_info_on_read/write (CVE-2019-12448)

* gvfs: mishandling of file's user and group ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to unavailability of root privileges (CVE-2019-12449)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 19

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 accountsservice-devel 0.6.50-8.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 baobab 3.28.0-4.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 clutter 1.26.2-8.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 clutter-devel 1.26.2-8.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 clutter-doc 1.26.2-8.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 gjs-devel 1.56.2-4.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 gnome-menus 3.13.3-11.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 gnome-menus-devel 3.13.3-11.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 gnome-tweaks 3.28.1-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 mozjs52 52.9.0-2.el8.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 mozjs52 52.9.0-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 mozjs52-devel 52.9.0-2.el8.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 mozjs52-devel 52.9.0-2.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 mozjs60 60.9.0-4.el8.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 mozjs60 60.9.0-4.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 mozjs60-devel 60.9.0-4.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 mozjs60-devel 60.9.0-4.el8.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 vala 0.40.19-1.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 vala-devel 0.40.19-1.el8

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1365717
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1656988
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1658001
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1661555
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1666070
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1668901
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1671744
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1672825
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1674535
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1684729
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1687979
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1690170
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1692299
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1710882
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1715890
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1716754
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1716761
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1716767
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1716774
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1719819
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1720249
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1720251
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1721124
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1721133
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1723462
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1723464
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1724302
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1725154
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1728330
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1728562
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1728564
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1728567
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1730612
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1730891
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1736742
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1742710
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1744452
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1744527
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1745147