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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2016.2789 vim security update 23 November 2016 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: vim Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 8 Linux variants Windows Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-1248 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running vim check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3722-1 security@debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso November 22, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : vim CVE ID : CVE-2016-1248 Florian Larysch and Bram Moolenaar discovered that vim, an enhanced vi editor, does not properly validate values for the 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. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your vim packages. 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