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SCA: security update for guake (GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412325

Description

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)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412325

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23556

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Threat Score: 5.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23556