CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-5616
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-290
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 configurations
• gnome control center (>= 1.3 < 1.3.36.5-0ubuntu4.1)
• gnome control center (>= 1.41 < 1.41.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8)
• gnome control center (>= 1.44 < 1.44.0-1ubuntu6.1)
• gnome control center (>= 1.45 < 1.45.0-1ubuntu3.1)
• canonical ubuntu linux 20.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 22.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 23.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 23.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/2039577 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5616 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6554-1 Vendor Advisory