CVE-2021-23556

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CVE-2021-23556

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CVE-2021-23556 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	Single
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	8	6.4
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector	Network	Network
Attack Complexity	Low	High
Privileges Required	Low	Low
User Interaction	Required	None
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High	High
Integrity Impact	High	Low
Availability Impact	High	Low
CVSSv3 Version	3.1	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1197256 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4	guake >= 3.8.1-bp154.2.3.1 guake-lang >= 3.8.1-bp154.2.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2023-89
openSUSE Leap 15.4	guake >= 3.8.1-bp154.2.3.1 guake-lang >= 3.8.1-bp154.2.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2023-89

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Mar 17 17:21:04 2022
CVE page last modified: Tue Apr 11 17:52:50 2023