CVE-2008-2712

Publication date 16 June 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw. NOTE: the originally reported version was 7.1.314, but the researcher actually found this set of issues in 7.1.298. NOTE: the zipplugin issue (originally vector 2 in this identifier) has been subsumed by CVE-2008-3075.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vim	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 1:7.1.314-3ubuntu1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3.1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 1:7.1-056+2ubuntu2.1
	7.04 feisty	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 1:6.4-006+2ubuntu6.2

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
vim	Other: http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim?view=rev&revision=1012 Other: http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim?view=rev&revision=1013 Other: http://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vim?view=rev&revision=1021

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-712-1
Vim vulnerabilities
27 January 2009

CVE-2008-2712

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