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Debian: CVE-2019-12735: neovim, vim -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-12735: neovim, vim -- security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/05/2019
Created
06/20/2019
Added
06/19/2019
Modified
02/10/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-neovim
  • debian-upgrade-vim

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