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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63415
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: dia
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: dia

CVE-2008-5984
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).

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
6.9

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5984
BugTraq ID: 33448
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33448
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01065.html
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://secunia.com/advisories/33672
http://secunia.com/advisories/33703
XForce ISS Database: dia-pysyssetargv-privilege-escalation(48262)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48262
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