TITLE:
Gnofract 4D ".fct" Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12855

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12855/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Gnofract 4D 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4075/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Gnofract 4D, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the
handling of ".fct" parameter files. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary Phyton code when a malicious ".fct" parameter file is used
for creating fractals.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.2.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=785

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=275738

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