CVE-2014-1929 python-gnupg vulnerable to shell injection

Medium 4.4 Published 25 Oct 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Attackers can inject commands via positional arguments in python-gnupg, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2014-1929?

CVE-2014-1929 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

python-gnupg 0.3.5 and 0.3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to "option injection through positional arguments." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7323.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1929?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including python-gnupg. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`python-gnupg` PyPI	From `0.3.5`	`0.3.7`
`python-gnupg` PyPI	From `0.3.5`	`0.3.7`
`python-gnupg` PyPI	From `0.3.5`	`0.3.7`

Products include Python-Gnupg Project Python-Gnupg.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1929?

Upgrade python-gnupg to 0.3.7 or later.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2014-1929 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1929 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1929, GHSA-vcr5-xr9h-mvc5, PYSEC-2014-92.