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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3294

Original release date:07/24/2008
Last revised:08/05/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

src/configure.in in Vim 5.0 through 7.1, when used for a build with Python support, does not ensure that the Makefile-conf temporary file has the intended ownership and permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying this file during a time window, or by creating it ahead of time with permissions that prevent its modification by configure.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:3.7 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 1.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/25/2008)
This issue can only be exploited during the package build and it does not affect users of pre-built packages distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Therefore, we do not plan to backport a fix for this issue to already released version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.

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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2780
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2146
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2146/references
External Source: BID
Name: 31681
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080725 Re: [Full-disclosure] Vim: Insecure Temporary File Creation During Build: Arbitrary Code Execution
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494736/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080718 Re: Vim: Insecure Temporary File Creation During Build: Arbitrary Code Execution
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494535/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080717 Vim: Insecure Temporary File Creation During Build: Arbitrary Code Execution
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494532/100/0/threaded
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32222
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31159
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31159
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20080717 Vim: Insecure Temporary File Creation During Build: Arbitrary Code Execution
Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Jul/0312.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-10-09
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:7.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:6.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:6.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:6.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:6.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:6.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:5.8
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:5.7
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:5.6
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:5.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:5.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:5.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:5.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:5.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:5.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vim:vim:7.1
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3294