Executive Summary

Summary
Title New vim packages fix several vulnerabilities
Informations
Name DSA-1364 First vendor Publication 2007-09-01
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2007-09-19
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 2

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the vim editor. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2007-2953

Ulf Harnhammar discovered that a format string flaw in helptags_one() from src/ex_cmds.c (triggered through the "helptags" command) can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2007-2438

Editors often provide a way to embed editor configuration commands (aka modelines) which are executed once a file is opened. Harmful commands are filtered by a sandbox mechanism. It was discovered that function calls to writefile(), feedkeys() and system() were not filtered, allowing shell command execution with a carefully crafted file opened in vim.

This updated advisory repairs issues with missing files in the packages for the oldstable distribution (sarge) for the alpha, mips, and mipsel architectures.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 6.3-071+1sarge2. Sarge is not affected by CVE-2007-2438.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 7.0-122+1etch3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 7.1-056+1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vim packages.

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Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11549
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11549
Title: Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.
Description: Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-2953
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17506
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17506
Title: USN-505-1 -- vim vulnerability
Description: Ulf Harnhammar discovered that vim does not properly sanitise the "helptags_one()" function when running the "helptags" command.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-505-1
CVE-2007-2953
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Product(s): vim
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17989
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17989
Title: DSA-1364-1 vim
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the vim editor.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1364-1
CVE-2007-2438
CVE-2007-2953
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): vim
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20483
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20483
Title: DSA-1364-2 vim - several vulnerabilities
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the vim editor.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1364-2
CVE-2007-2438
CVE-2007-2953
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): vim
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22067
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22067
Title: ELSA-2007:0346: vim security update (Moderate)
Description: The sandbox for vim allows dangerous functions such as (1) writefile, (2) feedkeys, and (3) system, which might allow user-assisted attackers to execute shell commands and write files via modelines.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2007:0346-01
CVE-2007-2438
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): vim
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6463
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6463
Title: Vim HelpTags Command Remote Format String Vulnerability
Description: Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-2953
Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9876
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9876
Title: The sandbox for vim allows dangerous functions such as (1) writefile, (2) feedkeys, and (3) system, which might allow user-assisted attackers to execute shell commands and write files via modelines.
Description: The sandbox for vim allows dangerous functions such as (1) writefile, (2) feedkeys, and (3) system, which might allow user-assisted attackers to execute shell commands and write files via modelines.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-2438
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 21

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for vim and gvim
File : nvt/sles9p5017978.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for vim MDKSA-2007:101 (vim)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_101.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for vim MDKSA-2007:168 (vim)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_168.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for vim vulnerability USN-463-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_463_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for vim vulnerability USN-505-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_505_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for vim RHSA-2008:0580-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0580-01_vim.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for vim RHSA-2008:0617-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0617-01_vim.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for vim-common CESA-2008:0617 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0617_vim-common_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for vim-common CESA-2008:0617 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0617_vim-common_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for vim-common CESA-2008:0617 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0617_vim-common_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for vim-common CESA-2008:0617 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0617_vim-common_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: vim, vim-lite, vim-ruby, vim6, vim6-ruby
File : nvt/freebsd_vim1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1364-1 (vim)
File : nvt/deb_1364_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1364-2 (vim)
File : nvt/deb_1364_2.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
51434 Vim src/ex_cmds.c helptags_one Function helptags Format String

38674 Vim src/ex_cmds.c helptags_one Function help-tags Command Format String

35488 Vim Multiple Function modelines Sandbox Restriction Bypass

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-03 Name : The remote host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0004_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0617.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0580.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0346.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20081125_vim_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0580.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_11722.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-236.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0617.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0580.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0617.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_gvim-4095.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-463-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-505-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_gvim-4092.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_vim-3410.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-03 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1364.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-08-28 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-168.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-07-30 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_1ed032223c6511dcb3d30016179b2dd5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0346.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-11 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0346.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-10 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-101.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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