CVE catalog

CVE-2010-4000

gnome-shell: CVE-2010-4000

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.31% · Oct 25, 2026

gnome-shell in GNOME Shell 2.31.5 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiangnome-shellsid51.0-3fixed
Debiangnome-shellforky50.5-1fixed
Debiangnome-shelltrixie48.7-0+deb13u2fixed
Debiangnome-shellbookworm43.9-0+deb12u2fixed
Debiangnome-shellbookworm-security43.9-0+deb12u2fixed
Opensusegnome-shelltumbleweed3.22.2-1.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiangnome-shellsourcesid2.91.3-1not yet assignedNot reported[605098]
Debiangnome-shellsourceforky2.91.3-1not yet assignedNot reported[605098]
Debiangnome-shellsourcetrixie2.91.3-1not yet assignedNot reported[605098]
Debiangnome-shellsourcebookworm2.91.3-1not yet assignedNot reported[605098]
Opensusegnome-shellrpmtumbleweed3.22.2-1.1Not reportedOPENSUSE-SU-2024:10366-1Not reported

[Debian bug #605098]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

  • [gnome-extensions]Unknown

    Source package: [gnome-shell]

    Details (1)

    • 50.4-1.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed

      Unknown · Fixed: 3.22.2-1.1

      Version impact unknown

      dsa · gnome-shell · opensuse · tumbleweed

  • [gnome-shell-calendar]Unknown

    Source package: [gnome-shell]

    Details (1)

    • 50.4-1.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed

      Unknown · Fixed: 3.22.2-1.1

      Version impact unknown

      dsa · gnome-shell · opensuse · tumbleweed

  • [gnome-shell-devel]Unknown

    Source package: [gnome-shell]

    Details (1)

    • 50.4-1.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed

      Unknown · Fixed: 3.22.2-1.1

      Version impact unknown

      dsa · gnome-shell · opensuse · tumbleweed

  • [gnome-shell-lang]Unknown

    Source package: [gnome-shell]

    Details (1)

    • 50.4-1.1 · noarch · tumbleweed

      Unknown · Fixed: 3.22.2-1.1

      Version impact unknown

      dsa · gnome-shell · opensuse · tumbleweed

  • [gnome-shell]Fixed

    Source package: [gnome-shell]

    Details (1)

    • 50.4-1.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed

      Fixed · Fixed: 3.22.2-1.1

      dsa · gnome-shell · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [gnome-shell]Fixed
    Details (4)

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

  • [gnome-shell-common]Fixed

    Source package: [gnome-shell]

    Details (4)

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · all · bookworm-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · all · bookworm-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

  • [gnome-shell-extension-prefs]Fixed

    Source package: [gnome-shell]

    Details (4)

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

    • 43.9-0+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [gnome-shell]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 48.7-0+deb13u2 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 13

    • 48.7-0+deb13u2 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 13

  • [gnome-shell-common]Fixed

    Source package: [gnome-shell]

    Details (2)

    • 48.7-0+deb13u2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 13

    • 48.7-0+deb13u2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 13

  • [gnome-shell-extension-prefs]Fixed

    Source package: [gnome-shell]

    Details (2)

    • 48.7-0+deb13u2 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 13

    • 48.7-0+deb13u2 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.91.3-1

      dsa · gnome-shell · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]