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Vim configure.in Insecure Temporary Files
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31159
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Release Date:
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2008-07-18
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Last Update:
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2008-08-13
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Popularity:
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3,359 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Vim 6.x
Vim 7.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3294
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in Vim, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to the src/configure.in file handling temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files or to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user configuring Vim via symlink and race condition attacks.
Successful exploitation requires that Vim is configured with the "--enable-pythoninterp" option.
The security issue is reported in versions 5.0 through 7.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 7.2.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Jan Minar
Changelog:
2008-07-28: Added CVE reference.
2008-08-13: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Jul/0312.html
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