PT-2009-1459 · Dia · Dia

Published 2009-01-28 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2008-5984

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dia version 0.96.1

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory. This is related to a vulnerability in the PySys SetArgv function.

Recommendations For version 0.96.1, consider restricting access to the Python plugin until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the Python plugin in untrusted environments to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5984

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10444-1

Affected Products

Dia

References · 16

• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01065.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5984 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5984 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:046 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5984 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10444-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5984 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33448 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481551 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504251 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33703 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48262 · Note