CVE-2008-6235

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

CVE-2008-6235 at MITRE

Details

The Netrw plugin (netrw.vim) in Vim 7.0 and 7.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename used by the (1) "D" (delete) command or (2) b:netrw_curdir variable, as demonstrated using the netrw.v4 and netrw.v5 test cases.

Novell Bugzilla entry: 406693

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2009:007, published Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SR:2009:007 , published Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE 10.3 openSUSE 11.0	`gvim >= 7.2-9.1` `vim >= 7.2-9.1` `vim-base >= 7.2-9.1` `vim-data >= 7.2-9.1` `vim-enhanced >= 7.2-9.1`	ZYPP Patch Nr: 6023 SAT Patch Nr: 561
openSUSE 11.0	`vim-debuginfo >= 7.2-9.1` `vim-debugsource >= 7.2-9.1`	ZYPP Patch Nr: 6023 SAT Patch Nr: 561
openSUSE 11.1	`vim-debuginfo >= 7.2-7.4.1` `vim-debugsource >= 7.2-7.4.1`	ZYPP Patch Nr: 6023 SAT Patch Nr: 561
openSUSE 11.1	`gvim >= 7.2-7.4.1` `vim >= 7.2-7.4.1` `vim-base >= 7.2-7.4.1` `vim-data >= 7.2-7.4.1` `vim-enhanced >= 7.2-7.4.1`	ZYPP Patch Nr: 6023 SAT Patch Nr: 561