{"id":"MGASA-2021-0316","summary":"Updated gnome-shell package fixes a security vulnerability","details":"An issue was discovered in certain configurations of GNOME gnome-shell through\n3.36.4. When logging out of an account, the password box from the login dialog\nreappears with the password still visible. If the user had decided to have the\npassword shown in cleartext at login time, it is then visible for a brief\nmoment upon a logout. (If the password were never shown in cleartext, only the\npassword length is revealed.) (CVE-2020-17489).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:42:07.510914164Z","published":"2021-07-08T22:43:19Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-17489"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0316.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27303"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2374"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gnome-shell","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/gnome-shell?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.32.1-2.2.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0316.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}