-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:040 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : dia Date : February 16, 2009 Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code via Python scripting in the current dia working directory (CVE-2008-5984). This update provides fix for that vulnerability. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5984 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2008.1: 307728790d5ed938afc2cdc971430828 2008.1/i586/dia-0.96.1-3.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 9d83cd4ed0a42cf5e32a68482f72faee 2008.1/SRPMS/dia-0.96.1-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64: 16307a8d776d714e38c926419bdc655c 2008.1/x86_64/dia-0.96.1-3.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 9d83cd4ed0a42cf5e32a68482f72faee 2008.1/SRPMS/dia-0.96.1-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2009.0: 060d069bb0196938f93e2e08bf802b85 2009.0/i586/dia-0.96.1-4.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 0be95063e54104fe001d1d560c77baf0 2009.0/SRPMS/dia-0.96.1-4.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64: ca9a9cf5a8b3726661a62f93a2a3f227 2009.0/x86_64/dia-0.96.1-4.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 0be95063e54104fe001d1d560c77baf0 2009.0/SRPMS/dia-0.96.1-4.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team <security*mandriva.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJmctWmqjQ0CJFipgRAkYuAJwPDOUw7CrO/So0fnakeA2xch13RwCgxyim QMmNppOR4xc0ZDeYbe7iRds= =ruB8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
