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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-23556)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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

  - 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. (CVE-2021-23556)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
223687	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-23556	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
412325	SCA: security update for guake (GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
412325	SCA: security update for guake (GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2021-23556

medium

Tenable Plugins

high

medium

medium