85890 : GNOME gnome-shell Crafted Web Page Plugin Arbitrary Extension Installation
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Disclosure Date
2012-09-09

Description

GNOME contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to install arbitrary extensions. This issue is triggered when an error occurs in the gnome-shell plugin, which allows a remote attacker to download and install arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Solution Unknown
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

OSVDB is not aware of a solution for this vulnerability.

Products

The GNOME Project

GNOME

3.4.1

References

CVE ID: 2012-4427 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 55556
Other Advisory URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/08/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/19
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/26
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/18/3
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684215
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779473

Credit

Sebastian Krahmer

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-10-01 | Disagree?

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