Upstream information

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.

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
CVSS detail 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
CVSS detail 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

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4 guake Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Mar 17 17:21:04 2022
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 16:53:47 2025