USN-6554-1: GNOME Settings vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.10
• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

• gnome-control-center - utilities to configure the GNOME desktop

Details

Zygmunt Krynicki discovered that GNOME Settings did not accurately reflect
the SSH remote login status when the system was configured to use systemd
socket activation for OpenSSH. Remote SSH access may be unknowingly
enabled, contrary to expectation.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10

• gnome-control-center - 1:45.0-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 23.04

• gnome-control-center - 1:44.0-1ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• gnome-control-center - 1:41.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8

Ubuntu 20.04

• gnome-control-center - 1:3.36.5-0ubuntu4.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2023-5616