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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-1248) ELSA-2016-2972: vim security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-1248) ELSA-2016-2972: vim security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/21/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-vim
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-vim-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-vim-enhanced
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-vim-filesystem
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-vim-minimal
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-vim-x11

References

  • ELSA-2016-2972
  • DLA-718-1
  • DSA-3722
  • USN-3139-1
  • CVE-2016-1248

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