CVE-2008-4101

NameCVE-2008-4101
DescriptionVim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a ";" (semicolon) followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument after a (2) "Ctrl-]" (control close-square-bracket) or (3) "g]" (g close-square-bracket) keystroke sequence, a different issue than 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 Bugs500381

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vim (PTS)buster2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u6fixed
bullseye2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2:9.0.1378-2fixed
trixie2:9.1.0016-1fixed
sid2:9.1.0199-1fixed

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+lenny1
vimsourcesqueeze1:7.1.314-3+lenny1
vimsource(unstable)2:7.2.010-1low500381

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