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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-0316

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-0316

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/28/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2013
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-gvim
  • suse-upgrade-vim-base
  • suse-upgrade-vim-data
  • suse-upgrade-vim-enhanced

References

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