CVE-2018-11319

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-11319
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-20 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionSyntastic (aka vim-syntastic) through 3.9.0 does not properly handle searches for configuration files (it searches the current directory up to potentially the root). This improper handling might be exploited for arbitrary code execution via a malicious gcc plugin, if an attacker has write access to a directory that is a parent of the base directory of the project being checked. NOTE: exploitation is more difficult after 3.8.0 because filename prediction may be needed.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Syntastic Project Syntastic All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#894736 - vim-syntastic: CVE-2018-11319: Checker config files allow arbitrary code execution scenarios - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1444-1] vim-syntastic security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4261-1 vim-syntastic DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Checker config files allow arbitrary code execution scenarios · Issue #2170 · vim-syntastic/syntastic · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Security: clear defaults for config file names (cf. #2170). · vim-syntastic/syntastic@6d7c0b3 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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