vim security update

2008-11-2516:56:47

CentOS Project

lists.centos.org

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.278 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.8%

JSON

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0617

Vim (Visual editor IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi
editor.

Several input sanitization flaws were found in Vim’s keyword and tag
handling. If Vim looked up a document’s maliciously crafted tag or keyword,
it was possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running Vim.
(CVE-2008-4101)

A heap-based overflow flaw was discovered in Vim’s expansion of file name
patterns with shell wildcards. An attacker could create a specially-crafted
file or directory name that, when opened by Vim, caused the application to
crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-3432)

Several input sanitization flaws were found in various Vim system
functions. If a user opened a specially crafted file, it was possible to
execute arbitrary code as the user running Vim. (CVE-2008-2712)

Ulf Härnhammar, of Secunia Research, discovered a format string flaw in
Vim’s help tag processor. If a user was tricked into executing the
“helptags” command on malicious data, arbitrary code could be executed with
the permissions of the user running Vim. (CVE-2007-2953)

All Vim users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Affected packages:
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-enhanced
vim-minimal

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0617

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
CentOS3i386vim-common< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-common-6.3.046-0.30E.11.i386.rpm
CentOS3i386vim-enhanced< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-enhanced-6.3.046-0.30E.11.i386.rpm
CentOS3i386vim-minimal< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-minimal-6.3.046-0.30E.11.i386.rpm
CentOS3i386vim-x11< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-X11-6.3.046-0.30E.11.i386.rpm
CentOS3x86_64vim-common< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-common-6.3.046-0.30E.11.x86_64.rpm
CentOS3x86_64vim-enhanced< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-enhanced-6.3.046-0.30E.11.x86_64.rpm
CentOS3x86_64vim-minimal< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-minimal-6.3.046-0.30E.11.x86_64.rpm
CentOS3x86_64vim-x11< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-X11-6.3.046-0.30E.11.x86_64.rpm
CentOS3ia64vim-x11< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-X11-6.3.046-0.30E.11.ia64.rpm
CentOS3ia64vim-common< 6.3.046-0.30E.11vim-common-6.3.046-0.30E.11.ia64.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
CentOS	3	i386	vim-common	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-common-6.3.046-0.30E.11.i386.rpm
CentOS	3	i386	vim-enhanced	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-enhanced-6.3.046-0.30E.11.i386.rpm
CentOS	3	i386	vim-minimal	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-minimal-6.3.046-0.30E.11.i386.rpm
CentOS	3	i386	vim-x11	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-X11-6.3.046-0.30E.11.i386.rpm
CentOS	3	x86_64	vim-common	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-common-6.3.046-0.30E.11.x86_64.rpm
CentOS	3	x86_64	vim-enhanced	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-enhanced-6.3.046-0.30E.11.x86_64.rpm
CentOS	3	x86_64	vim-minimal	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-minimal-6.3.046-0.30E.11.x86_64.rpm
CentOS	3	x86_64	vim-x11	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-X11-6.3.046-0.30E.11.x86_64.rpm
CentOS	3	ia64	vim-x11	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-X11-6.3.046-0.30E.11.ia64.rpm
CentOS	3	ia64	vim-common	< 6.3.046-0.30E.11	vim-common-6.3.046-0.30E.11.ia64.rpm