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CVE-2008-6235 at MITRE

Description

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.

NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Novell/SUSE information

Novell Bugzilla entry: 406693

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE 10.3
  • 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

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