Bug 2359838 (CVE-2023-5616)

Summary: CVE-2023-5616 gnome-control-center: Remote login misconfiguration in GNOME Control Center
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A flaw was found in the GNOME Control Center. This vulnerability allows the SSH service to be improperly enabled without properly managing systemd units, which could unintentionally expose remote login access through insecure service activation management.
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Bug Depends On: 2362699, 2362700, 2362698    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-04-15 19:01:16 UTC
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.