DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11319

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11319
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11319.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11319
Upstream
Published
2018-05-20T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:40Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / vim-syntastic

Package

Name
vim-syntastic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vim-syntastic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.9.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / vim-syntastic

Package

Name
vim-syntastic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vim-syntastic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.9.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / vim-syntastic

Package

Name
vim-syntastic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vim-syntastic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.9.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / vim-syntastic

Package

Name
vim-syntastic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vim-syntastic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.9.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}