Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : : : Updated vim packages fix modeline vulnerability

Updated vim packages are now available for Red Hat Linux. These updates resolve a security issue when opening a specially crafted text file. Updated 16 April 2003 Added packages for Red Hat Linux on IBM iSeries and pSeries systems. VIM Vi IMproved is a version of the vi editor. VIM allows a user ...

DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1377

vim 6.0 and 6.1, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands using the libcall feature in modelines, which are not sandboxed but may be executed when vim is used to edit a malicious file, as demonstrated using mutt...