CVE-2014-1928

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Published 2018-11-06 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.6

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.3.6-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.3.6-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.3.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.3.6-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.3.6-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	python-gnupg	`>=0.3.5,<0.3.6`	`0.3.6`
PyPI	python-gnupg	`<0.3.6`	`0.3.6`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
python-gnupg_project	python-gnupg	`{"endIncluding":"0.3.5"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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