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CVE-2009-0316

Published: 28 January 2009

Untrusted search path vulnerability in src/if_python.c in the Python interface in Vim before 7.2.045 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983), as demonstrated by an erroneous search path for plugin/bike.vim in bicyclerepair.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
vim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
intrepid Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
jaunty Not vulnerable
(2:7.2.079-1ubuntu5)
karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

oneiric Not vulnerable

precise Not vulnerable

quantal Not vulnerable

raring Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2:7.2.025-2)
Patches:
upstream: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.2/7.2.045