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FreeBSD Ports: vim, vim-lite, vim+ruby
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following packages are affected: vim vim-lite vim+ruby CVE-2004-1138 VIM before 6.3 and gVim before 6.3 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a file containing a crafted modeline that is executed when the file is viewed using options such as (1) termcap, (2) printdevice, (3) titleold, (4) filetype, (5) syntax, (6) backupext, (7) keymap, (8) patchmode, or (9) langmenu.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.3/6.3.045 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/38084 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/bd9fc2bf-5ffe-11d9-a11a-000a95bc6fae.html