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CVE-2008-3432
Published: Oct 10, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames, as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20080715 Re: Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
31681
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
32858
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
33410
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[oss-security] 20080731 Re: Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRM
ADV-2009-0904
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
ADV-2009-0033
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11203
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5987
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
20090401 VMSA-2009-0004 ESX Service Console updates for openssl, bind, and vim
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
32222
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
vim-mchexpandwildcards-bo(44722)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
30648
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
ADV-2008-2780
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455455
x_refsource_CONFIRM
APPLE-SA-2008-10-09
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2008:0617
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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