CVE-2013-7221 Information

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.

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708313 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/js/ui/main.js?id=efdf1ff755943fba1f8a9aaeff77daa3ed338088