Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : vim (ELSA-2016-2972)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2972 advisory. 7.4.629-5.1 - add fix for CVE-2016-1248 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory. Note that...

RHEL 6 / 7 : vim (RHSA-2016:2972)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2972 advisory. Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: A vulnerability was found in vim in how certain modeline...

Amazon Linux AMI : vim (ALAS-2016-779)

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 defau...

vim security update

7.4.629-5.1 - add fix for CVE-2016-1248...

Important: vim

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...

openSUSE Security Update : vim (openSUSE-2016-1390)

This update for vim fixes the following security issues : - Fixed CVE-2016-1248 an arbitrary command execution vulnerability bsc1010685 This update for vim fixes the following issues : - Fix build with Python 3.5. bsc988903 This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project...

openSUSE Security Update : vim (openSUSE-2016-1391)

This update for vim fixes the following security issues : - Fixed CVE-2016-1248 an arbitrary command execution vulnerability bsc1010685 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for vim (openSUSE-SU-2016:2992-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Security update for vim (important)

This update for vim fixes the following security issues: - Fixed CVE-2016-1248 an arbitrary command execution vulnerability bsc1010685 This update for vim fixes the following issues: - Fix build with Python 3.5. bsc988903 This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project...

Security update for vim (important)

This update for vim fixes the following security issues: - Fixed CVE-2016-1248 an arbitrary command execution vulnerability bsc1010685...

SUSE-SU-2016:2942-1 Security update for vim

This update for vim fixes the following security issues: - Fixed CVE-2016-1248 an arbitrary command execution vulnerability bsc1010685 This update for vim fixes the following issues: - Fix build with Python 3.5. bsc988903...

SUSE-SU-2016:2938-1 Security update for vim

This update for vim fixes the following security issues: - Fixed CVE-2016-1248, an arbitrary command execution vulnerability bsc1010685...

USN-3139-1: Vim vulnerability

Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An attacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted modelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges...

USN-3139-1 vim vulnerability

Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An attacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted modelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2016:2942-1)

This update for vim fixes the following security issues : - Fixed CVE-2016-1248 an arbitrary command execution vulnerability bsc1010685 This update for vim fixes the following issues : - Fix build with Python 3.5. bsc988903 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding descriptio...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2016:2938-1)

This update for vim fixes the following security issues : - Fixed CVE-2016-1248, an arbitrary command execution vulnerability bsc1010685 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automaticall...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3139-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Vim vulnerability (USN-3139-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3139-1 advisory. Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An attacker...

Vim Input Validation Vulnerability

Vim is an open-source, configurable text editor for creating and changing any type of text, which can be used on most UNIX systems and Apple OS X. It can be used to create and change any type of text. A security vulnerability in versions prior to Vim patch 8.0.0056 stems from the program's failur...

CVE-2016-1248

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. Mitigation Disabling modeline support in .vimrc by adding "set...