CVE-2009-0316

Publication date 28 January 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vim