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amazonAmazonALAS-2016-779
HistoryDec 19, 2016 - 4:30 p.m.

Important: vim

2016-12-1916:30:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
9

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.8 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.2%

Issue Overview:

A vulnerability was found in vim in how certain modeline options were treated. An attacker could craft a file that, when opened in vim with modelines enabled, could execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the user running vim. (modelines are disabled by default for root, and enabled by default for other users.)

Affected Packages:

vim

Issue Correction:
Run yum update vim to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    vim-minimal-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.i686  
    vim-enhanced-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.i686  
    vim-filesystem-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.i686  
    vim-debuginfo-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.i686  
    vim-common-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    vim-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    vim-debuginfo-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  
    vim-common-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  
    vim-minimal-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  
    vim-enhanced-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  
    vim-filesystem-8.0.0134-1.43.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2016-1248

Mitre: CVE-2016-1248

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.8 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.2%