Security update for gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-shell

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3132-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-17489 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-17489 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains one feature and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-shell fixes the following issues:

gnome-settings-daemon:

  • Add support for recent UCM related changes in ALSA and PulseAudio. (jsc#SLE-16518)
  • Don't warn when a default source or sink is missing and the PulseAudio daemon is restarting. (jsc#SLE-16518)
  • Don't warn about starting/stopping services which don't exist. (bsc#1172760).

gnome-shell:

  • Add support for recent UCM related changes in ALSA and PulseAudio. (jsc#SLE-16518)
  • CVE-2020-17489: reset auth prompt on vt switch before fade in in loginDialog (bsc#1175155).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-3132=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP2-2020-3132=1

Package List:

  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gnome-settings-daemon-devel-3.34.2+0-4.3.1
    • gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo-3.34.2+0-4.3.1
    • gnome-shell-debuginfo-3.34.5-3.13.1
    • gnome-shell-debugsource-3.34.5-3.13.1
    • gnome-shell-devel-3.34.5-3.13.1
    • gnome-shell-3.34.5-3.13.1
    • gnome-settings-daemon-debugsource-3.34.2+0-4.3.1
    • gnome-settings-daemon-3.34.2+0-4.3.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • gnome-shell-lang-3.34.5-3.13.1
    • gnome-settings-daemon-lang-3.34.2+0-4.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • gnome-shell-calendar-debuginfo-3.34.5-3.13.1
    • gnome-shell-debuginfo-3.34.5-3.13.1
    • gnome-shell-calendar-3.34.5-3.13.1
    • gnome-shell-debugsource-3.34.5-3.13.1

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