CVE-2019-20807

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-20807
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-28 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-09-01 15:14:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Vim before 8.1.0881, users can circumvent the rvim restricted mode and execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces (e.g., Python, Ruby, or Lua).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Starwindsoftware Command Center 2 build_6003 All All
Application Starwindsoftware San Nas 1.0 update_1 All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release v8.1.0881: patch 8.1.0881: can execute shell commands in rvim through interfaces · vim/vim · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2019-20807 Vim vulnerability in StarWind products MISC www.starwindsoftware.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0794-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2020-07-15-2 macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2876-1] vim security update MLIST lists.debian.org
About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
USN-4582-1: Vim vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
patch 8.1.0881: can execute shell commands in rvim through interfaces · vim/vim@8c62a08 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178990 Debian Security Update for vim (DLA 2876-1)
  • 198571 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-5147-1)
  • 377350 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for vim (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0031)
  • 770068 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 Security Update (RHSA-2021:0436)
  • 900093 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for vim 8.1.0388
  • 903223 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (2662)
  • 940236 AlmaLinux Security Update for vim (ALSA-2020:4453)
  • 960707 Rocky Linux Security Update for vim (RLSA-2020:4453)
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