USN-463-1: vim vulnerability

Publication date

23 May 2007

Overview

vim vulnerability

Releases


Details

Tomas Golembiovsky discovered that some vim commands were accidentally
allowed in modelines. By tricking a user into opening a specially
crafted file in vim, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user
privileges.

Tomas Golembiovsky discovered that some vim commands were accidentally
allowed in modelines. By tricking a user into opening a specially
crafted file in vim, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user
privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
7.04 feisty vim –  1:7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1
6.10 edgy vim –  1:7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1

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