CVE-2008-6235

Name	CVE-2008-6235
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vim (PTS)	buster	2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u2	fixed
	buster (security)	2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u4	fixed
	bullseye	2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	2:9.0.1378-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vim	source	lenny	(not affected)
vim	source	(unstable)	2:7.2.148-1	low

[lenny] - vim <not-affected> (proof-of-concept does not work)
[etch] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue)