| Name | CVE-2021-23556 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| guake (PTS) | jessie | 0.4.4-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.8.8-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.4.0-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 3.6.3-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.9.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.10-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| guake | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| guake | source | (unstable) | 3.8.5-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - guake <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - guake <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - guake <postponed> (Minor issue, unclear crossed security boundaries, no final fix yet)
https://github.com/Guake/guake/commit/b769b3a5fd71a107c58679d217cccc971b4196b4 (3.8.2)
https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796
https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334
Regression/reversion: https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/2042