vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-11319): vim-syntastic vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 20, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 20, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Syntastic (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.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-vim-syntastic
References
- CVE-2018-11319
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-11319
- CWE-22
- DEBIAN-DSA-4261
- URL-https://bugs.debian.org/894736
- URL-https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/commit/6d7c0b394e001233dd09ec473fbea2002c72632f
- URL-https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/issues/2170
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11319
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