DSA-5229-1 freecad -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5229-1 freecad -- security update

Date Reported:

13 Sep 2022

Affected Packages:

freecad

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-45844, CVE-2021-45845.

More information:

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in FreeCAD, a CAD/CAM program, which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands when opening a malformed file.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 0.19.1+dfsg1-2+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freecad packages.

For the detailed security status of freecad please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/freecad