| Name | CVE-2013-7221 |
| Description | The automatic screen lock functionality in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.10 does not prevent access to the "Enter a Command" dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gnome-shell (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.38.6-1~deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 43.9-0+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 47.2-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gnome-shell | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| gnome-shell | source | (unstable) | 3.10.1-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - gnome-shell <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708313
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/js/ui/main.js?id=efdf1ff755943fba1f8a9aaeff77daa3ed338088