Ubuntu Update for vim vulnerability USN-505-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-505-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN5051.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for vim vulnerability USN-505-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

USN-505-1: vim vulnerability

Ulf Harnhammar discovered that vim does not properly sanitise the "helptagsone" function when running the "helptags" command. By tricking a user into running a crafted help file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges...

vim -- Command Format String Vulnerability

A Secunia Advisory reports: A format string error in the "helptagsone" function in src/excmds.c when running the "helptags" command can be exploited to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted help files...