National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3432

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 31681

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2780

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2780

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-10-09

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455455

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455455

External Source: XF

Name: vim-mchexpandwildcards-bo(44722)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44722

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0904

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html

External Source: BID

Name: 30648

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30648

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090401 VMSA-2009-0004 ESX Service Console updates for openssl, bind, and vim

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0617

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080731 Re: Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/01/1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080715 Re: Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/4

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0033

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2009/0033

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33410

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33410

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32222

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.3/6.3.059

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.3/6.3.059

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.2.429

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.2.429