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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200412-10 (vim)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200412-10.

Insight

Insight

Several vulnerabilities related to the use of options in modelines have been found and fixed in Vim. They could potentially result in a local user escalating privileges.

Solution

Solution

All Vim users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-editors/vim-6.3-r2' All gVim users should also upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-editors/gvim-6.3-r2' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200412-10 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73715

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