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Ubuntu: USN-3139-1 (CVE-2016-1248): Vim vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3139-1 (CVE-2016-1248): Vim vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/29/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-vim
  • ubuntu-upgrade-vim-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-vim-gui-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-vim-runtime

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