[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: gnome-shell-40.7-1.fc34
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-dd7960de3c
2021-12-28 01:07:27.903035
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Name : gnome-shell
Product : Fedora 34
Version : 40.7
Release : 1.fc34
URL : https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell
Summary : Window management and application launching for GNOME
Description :
GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop,
like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes
advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces
innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and
easy to use experience.
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Update Information:
Update to 40.7 ---- Drop extra capabilities from gnome-shell. They're optional
and they break shutdown from the login screen with new glibs.
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ChangeLog:
* Sun Dec 12 2021 Florian M��llner <fmuellner(a)redhat.com> - 40.7-1
- Update to 40.7
* Tue Nov 30 2021 Florian M��llner <fmuellner(a)redhat.com> - 40.6-2
- Drop extra capabilities from gnome-shell. They're optional and they break shutdown
from the login screen with new glibs.
Resolves: #2026996
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #2026996 - CVE-2021-3982 gnome-shell: Distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE in
gnome-shell may be exposed to privilege escalation [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2026996
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
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http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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