CVE-2008-3076

NameCVE-2008-3076
DescriptionThe Netrw plugin 125 in netrw.vim in Vim 7.2a.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the execute and system functions within the (1) mz and (2) mc commands, as demonstrated by the netrw.v2 and netrw.v3 test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1733-1
Debian Bugs506919

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vim (PTS)bullseye2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2:9.0.1378-2fixed
sid, trixie2:9.1.0861-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vimsourceetch1:7.0-122+1etch5DSA-1733-1
vimsourcelenny1:7.1.314-3+lenny1506919
vimsourcesqueeze1:7.1.314-3+lenny1506919
vimsource(unstable)2:7.2.010-1506919
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