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Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2025 · Assigned by canonical

CVE-2023-5616

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity authentication bypass by spoofing in Ubuntu's gnome-control-center from Canonical Ltd.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Ubuntu, gnome-control-center did not properly reflect SSH remote login status when the system was configured to use systemd socket activation for openssh-server. This could unknowingly leave the local machine exposed to remote SSH access contrary to expectation of the user.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12gnome-control-centerno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-5616
Debian:13gnome-control-centerno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-5616
Debian:14gnome-control-centerno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-5616
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgnome-control-center1:41.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8USN-6554-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgnome-control-center1:41.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5616
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSgnome-control-center1:45.0-1ubuntu4UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5616

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu's gnome-control-center 1:45 – before 1:45.0-1ubuntu3.11:44 – before 1:44.0-1ubuntu6.11:41 – before 1:41.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.81:3 – before 1:3.36.5-0ubuntu4.1

Weakness: CWE-290 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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