CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-23556

Published: Mar 17, 2022 | Modified: Mar 23, 2022
CVSS 3.x
8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Guake Guake-project * 3.8.5 (excluding)
Guake Ubuntu bionic *
Guake Ubuntu impish *
Guake Ubuntu kinetic *
Guake Ubuntu lunar *
Guake Ubuntu mantic *
Guake Ubuntu trusty *
Guake Ubuntu xenial *

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