Fedora 40: gnome-shell 2024-635a54eb7e Security Advisory Updates
Summary
GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop,
like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes
advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces
innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and
easy to use experience.
Update Information:
Resolve CVE-2024-34397 (GDBus signal subscriptions for well-known names are vulnerable to unicast spoofing), and also update gnome-shell to ensure this fix does not break the screencast feature.
Change Log
* Tue May 7 2024 Michael Catanzaro
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2279637 - CVE-2024-34397 glib2: Signal subscription vulnerabilities [fedora-40] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2279637
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-635a54eb7e' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label