CVE-2014-1928 Information

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.

Reference

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/246 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/294 http://secunia.com/advisories/56616 http://secunia.com/advisories/59031 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2946 https://code.google.com/p/python-gnupg/ https://code.google.com/p/python-gnupg/issues/detail?id=98