CVE-2008-3432 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case.

Reference

ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.2.429 ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.3/6.3.059 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 http://secunia.com/advisories/32858 http://secunia.com/advisories/33410 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/01/1 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30648 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455455 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44722 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11203 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A5987