| Name | CVE-2012-4427 |
| Description | The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page. |
| 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) | jessie | 3.14.4-1~deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.22.3-3+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.30.2-11~deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.38.6-1~deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 43.9-0+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 47.1-2 | 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 | (unstable) | 3.34.0-2 | unimportant | | |
Notes
I don't see much of a problem here, if you install from a repo, you need to trust it
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684215
Problem with GNOME Shell's NPAPI browser extension which is not shipped
anymore since GNOME 3.32.