CentOS ProjectCESA-2016:2972vim security update
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack 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
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
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
98.4%
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:2972
Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.
Security Fix(es):
- 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. (CVE-2016-1248)
Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-December/084347.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-December/084349.html
Affected packages:
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-enhanced
vim-filesystem
vim-minimal
Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2972
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | vim-common | < 7.4.160-1.el7_3.1 | vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | vim-enhanced | < 7.4.160-1.el7_3.1 | vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | vim-filesystem | < 7.4.160-1.el7_3.1 | vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | vim-minimal | < 7.4.160-1.el7_3.1 | vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | vim-x11 | < 7.4.160-1.el7_3.1 | vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 6 | i686 | vim-common | < 7.4.629-5.el6_8.1 | vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 6 | i686 | vim-enhanced | < 7.4.629-5.el6_8.1 | vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 6 | i686 | vim-filesystem | < 7.4.629-5.el6_8.1 | vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 6 | i686 | vim-minimal | < 7.4.629-5.el6_8.1 | vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 6 | i686 | vim-x11 | < 7.4.629-5.el6_8.1 | vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm |
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack 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
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
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
98.4%