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CentOS Update for vim-common CESA-2016:2972 centos6
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
CentOS Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Check the version of vim-common
Insight
Insight
Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fix(es): * A vulnerability was found in vim in how certain modeline options were treated. An attacker could craft a file that, when opened in vim with modelines enabled, could execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the user running vim. (CVE-2016-1248)
Affected Software
Affected Software
vim-common on CentOS 6
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.