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ALSA-2020:1766 Not scored

Moderate: GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update

GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. Security Fix(es): * LibRaw: stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp (CVE-2018-20337) * gdm: lock screen bypass when timed login is enabled (CVE-2019-3825) * gvfs: mishandling of file ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c (CVE-2019-12447) * gvfs: race condition in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to admin backend not implementing query_info_on_read/write (CVE-2019-12448) * gvfs: mishandling of file's user and group ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to unavailability of root privileges (CVE-2019-12449) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published April 28, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 accountsservice-devel
AlmaLinux:8 baobab
AlmaLinux:8 clutter
AlmaLinux:8 clutter-devel
AlmaLinux:8 clutter-doc
AlmaLinux:8 gjs-devel
AlmaLinux:8 gnome-menus
AlmaLinux:8 gnome-menus-devel
AlmaLinux:8 gnome-tweaks
AlmaLinux:8 mozjs52
AlmaLinux:8 mozjs52-devel
AlmaLinux:8 mozjs60
AlmaLinux:8 mozjs60-devel
AlmaLinux:8 vala
AlmaLinux:8 vala-devel

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2020:1766

GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. Security Fix(es): * LibRaw: stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp (CVE-2018-20337) * gdm: lock screen bypass when timed login is enabled (CVE-2019-3825) * gvfs: mishandling of file ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c (CVE-2019-12447) * gvfs: race condition in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to admin backend not implementing query_info_on_read/write (CVE-2019-12448) * gvfs: mishandling of file's user and group ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to unavailability of root privileges (CVE-2019-12449) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence