DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5984

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5984

    Published: 28 Jan 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-5984

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5984

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dia

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/dia?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.96.1-7.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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