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CVE-2009-0316 Affecting vim package, versions <2:7.2.025-2

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-VIM-314783
  • published 28 Jan 2009
  • disclosed 28 Jan 2009
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Introduced: 28 Jan 2009

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How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable vim to version 2:7.2.025-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim package and not the vim package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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