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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&amp;m=121345541027231&amp;w=4">http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&amp;m=121345541027231&amp;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 SoftwareAffected VersionHow 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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