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Alma Linux: CVE-2019-20807: Moderate: vim security update (ALSA-2020-4453)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2019-20807: Moderate: vim security update (ALSA-2020-4453)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/28/2020
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
05/04/2022

Description

In Vim before 8.1.0881, users can circumvent the rvim restricted mode and execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces (e.g., Python, Ruby, or Lua).

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-vim-X11
  • alma-upgrade-vim-common
  • alma-upgrade-vim-enhanced
  • alma-upgrade-vim-filesystem
  • alma-upgrade-vim-minimal

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