I was able to use "iface" to insert a shell command, too. 1.) save a profile wich uses some interface , for example "eth0" to your home directory. 2.) edit the file like this
iface = eth0;xterm; 3.) rename the profile to some other name than before 4.) import the new profile with Gufw from your home directory 5.) use the new profile 6.) xterm starts .... boom :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gufw Developers, which is subscribed to Gufw. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1410839 Title: Shell Command injection in ufw_backend.py Status in Gufw: Fix Released Status in gui-ufw package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Firewall Administrators can be tricked by someone to export a profile with Gufw to an special crafted file or path name wich contains shell code. reason is this line in ufw_backend.py : def export_profile(self, profile, file): commands.getstatusoutput('cp /etc/gufw/' + profile + '.profile ' + file + ' ; chmod 777 ' + file) The rename and delete funktions are also unsave if profile name contains shell code, like semicolons. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gui-ufw/+bug/1410839/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gufw-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gufw-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

