CVE-2008-4677
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 22, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 22, 2008
Description
autoload/netrw.vim (aka the Netrw Plugin) 109, 131, and other versions before 133k for Vim 7.1.266, other 7.1 versions, and 7.2 stores credentials for an FTP session, and sends those credentials when attempting to establish subsequent FTP sessions to servers on different hosts, which allows remote FTP servers to obtain sensitive information in opportunistic circumstances by logging usernames and passwords. NOTE: the upstream vendor disputes a vector involving different ports on the same host, stating "I'm assuming that they're using the same id and password on that unchanged hostname, deliberately."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 30670vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2009:007vendor-advisory
- 31464third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461750
- [vim_dev] 20080817 Re: Anyone fixing SA31464?mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20081020 CVE request (vim)mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20081016 CVE request - Vim netrw.pluginmailing-list
- 20080812 Vim: Netrw: FTP User Name and Password Disclosuremailing-list
- ADV-2008-2379vdb-entry
- 34418third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081006 CVE request - (vim : netrw plugin - ftp user credentials disclosure)mailing-list
- 20080812 Re: Vim: Netrw: FTP User Name and Password Disclosuremailing-list
- MDVSA-2008:236vendor-advisory
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw-credentials-dis.html
- vim-netrw-ftp-information-disclosure(44419)vdb-entry
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