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CVE-2008-5984

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2009-02-17	dia -- remote command execution vulnerability

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CVE-2008-5984 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-5984
Phase	Assigned(20090127)

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python plugin in Dia 0.96.1, and possibly other versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20090126 CVE request -- Python < 2.6 PySys_SetArgv issues (epiphany, csound, dia, eog, gedit, xchat, vim, nautilus-python, Gnumeric)
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504251
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481551
FEDORA	FEDORA-2009-1057
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2009:040
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2009:046
BID	33448
SECUNIA	33672
SECUNIA	33703
XF	dia-pysyssetargv-privilege-escalation(48262)