CVE - CVE-2008-4677

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4677	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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."
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:30670 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30670 BUGTRAQ:20080812 Re: Vim: Netrw: FTP User Name and Password Disclosure URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495432 BUGTRAQ:20080812 Vim: Netrw: FTP User Name and Password Disclosure URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495436 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461750 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2008:236 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw-credentials-dis.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20081006 CVE request - (vim : netrw plugin - ftp user credentials disclosure) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/06/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20081016 CVE request - Vim netrw.plugin URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20081020 CVE request (vim) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2 MLIST:[vim_dev] 20080817 Re: Anyone fixing SA31464? URL:http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/browse_thread/thread/2f6fad581a037971/a5fcf4c4981d34e6?show_docid=a5fcf4c4981d34e6 SECUNIA:31464 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31464 SECUNIA:34418 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2009:007 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html VUPEN:ADV-2008-2379 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2379~~ (Obsolete source) XF:vim-netrw-ftp-information-disclosure(44419) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44419
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081022	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081022)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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