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FreeBSD Ports: vim, vim-lite, vim-ruby, vim6, vim6-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 vim6 vim6-ruby CVE-2008-2712 Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (2) zipplugin, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/30866e6c-3c6d-11dd-98c9-00163e000016.html