CVE-2008-2712: Input Validation
First published: Sun Jun 15 2008(Updated: )
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2712">CVE-2008-2712</a> to the following vulnerability: 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, (2) zipplugin, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw. References: <a href="http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html">http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html</a> <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493352/100/0/threaded">http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493352/100/0/threaded</a> <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493353/100/0/threaded">http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493353/100/0/threaded</a> <a href="http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121345541027231&w=4">http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121345541027231&w=4</a> <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/16/2">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/16/2</a> <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=486502">http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=486502</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Vim Vim | <=6.4 | |
| Vim Vim | >=7.0<=7.1.314 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =6.06 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.10 | |
| redhat/vim | <1:6.3.046-1.el4_7.5 | 1:6.3.046-1.el4_7.5 |
| redhat/vim | <2:7.0.109-4.el5_2.4 | 2:7.0.109-4.el5_2.4 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/16/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29715
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30731
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020293
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2622
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0247
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33410
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-712-1
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3951
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121494431426308&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-457.htm
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1851/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32864
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0618.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43083
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6238
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11109
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495319/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493353/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493352/100/0/threaded
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2712
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493352/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493353/100/0/threaded
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121345541027231&w=4
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=486502
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/ftp:/ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.299
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=311587
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=311587&action=edit
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.tar.bz2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=455023
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.2008-07-13.tar.bz2
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-index.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=461745
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0618.html
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-10587
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2008-10644
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451759
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2712 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2712
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0618
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0617
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0580
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-2712.json
Parent vulnerabilities
(Appears in the following advisories)
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- source/Red Hat
- alias/CVE-2008-2712
- agent/last-modified-date
- collector/redhat-cve
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/tags
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/vim
- canonical/vim vim
- version/vim vim/6.4
- version/vim vim/7.0
- version/vim vim/7.1.314
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/6.06
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/7.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/8.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/8.10
- package-manager/redhat