CVE-2008-5984 Information

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).

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504251 http://secunia.com/advisories/33672 http://secunia.com/advisories/33703 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:040 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:046 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33448 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481551 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48262 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01065.html