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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3722-1 (vim - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian 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
2 years ago
Summary
Florian Larysch and Bram Moolenaar discovered that vim, an enhanced vi editor, does not properly validate values for the filetype, syntax and keymap options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.
Affected Software
Affected Software
vim on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your vim packages.