Red Hat alert RHSA-2024:5298-01 (gnome-shell)

An update for gnome-shell is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

GNOME Shell acts as a compositing manager for the desktop, and displays both
application windows and other objects. It provides core interface functions
like switching windows, launching applications, and notifications. It takes
advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces
innovative user interface concepts. 

Security Fix(es):

* gnome-shell: code execution in portal helper (CVE-2024-36472)

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.

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