vulnerability

CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-12735: Important: vim security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 5, 2019
Added
Jul 3, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023

Description

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-vim-commoncentos-upgrade-vim-common-debuginfocentos-upgrade-vim-debuginfocentos-upgrade-vim-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-vim-enhancedcentos-upgrade-vim-enhanced-debuginfocentos-upgrade-vim-filesystemcentos-upgrade-vim-minimalcentos-upgrade-vim-minimal-debuginfocentos-upgrade-vim-x11centos-upgrade-vim-x11-debuginfo
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