CVE-2012-4427

NameCVE-2012-4427
DescriptionThe gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gnome-shell (PTS)buster3.30.2-11~deb10u2vulnerable (unimportant)
bullseye3.38.6-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm43.9-0+deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)43.6-1~deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie44.9-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gnome-shellsource(unstable)3.34.0-2unimportant

Notes

I don't see much of a problem here, if you install from a repo, you need to trust it
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684215
Problem with GNOME Shell's NPAPI browser extension which is not shipped
anymore since GNOME 3.32.

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