The shell_quote function in python-gnupg 0.3.5 does not properly escape characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in unspecified vectors, as demonstrated using "\" (backslash) characters to form multi-command sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1927. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7323.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The shell_quote function in python-gnupg 0.3.5 does not properly escape characters, which allows context-
    dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in unspecified vectors, as
    demonstrated using "\" (backslash) characters to form multi-command sequences, a different vulnerability
    than CVE-2014-1927. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7323.
    (CVE-2014-1928)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the Python wrapper for the Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG). Insufficient sanitising could lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

fixes protection against shell injection from previous (0.3.5) release

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
421939	SCA: security update for python-gnupg (GHSA-2jc8-4r6g-282j)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
421939	SCA: security update for python-gnupg (GHSA-2jc8-4r6g-282j)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
74313	Debian DSA-2946-1 : python-gnupg - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
72624	Fedora 19 : python-gnupg-0.3.6-1.fc19 (2014-2140)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
72623	Fedora 20 : python-gnupg-0.3.6-1.fc20 (2014-2103)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high

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CVE-2014-1928

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