PyPi: Guake

CVE-2021-23556

Safety vulnerability ID: 46435

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

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Created at Mar 17, 2022 Updated at Nov 29, 2024
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Advisory

Guake 3.8.5 includes a fix for CVE-2021-23556: The package guake before 3.8.5 are vulnerable to Exposed Dangerous Method or Function due to the exposure of execute_command and execute_command_by_uuid methods via the d-bus interface, which makes it possible for a malicious user to run an arbitrary command via the d-bus method. Exploitation requires the user to have installed another malicious program that will be able to send dbus signals or run terminal commands.
https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796

Affected package

guake

Latest version: 3.10

Guake Terminal

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The package guake before 3.8.5 are vulnerable to Exposed Dangerous Method or Function due to the exposure of execute_command and execute_command_by_uuid methods via the d-bus interface, which makes it possible for a malicious user to run an arbitrary command via the d-bus method. **Note:** Exploitation requires the user to have installed another malicious program that will be able to send dbus signals or run terminal commands. See CVE-2021-23556.


MISC:https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796: https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796
MISC:https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017: https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017
MISC:https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888: https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888
MISC:https://github.com/Guake/guake/releases: https://github.com/Guake/guake/releases
MISC:https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334: https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

HIGH 8.0

CVSS v3 Details

HIGH 8.0
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
LOW
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
HIGH
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 6.0
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
PARTIAL