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SUSE: CVE-2021-23556: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2021-23556: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/17/2022
Created
08/16/2024
Added
08/09/2024
Modified
08/09/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-guake
  • suse-upgrade-guake-lang

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