Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51209
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2002:302
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2002:302. Updated VIM packages are available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. These updates resolve a security issue when opening a specially-crafted text file. [Updated 06 Feb 2003] Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1 VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is a version of the vi editor. VIM allows a user to set the modeline differently for each edited text file by placing special comments in the files. Georgi Guninski found that these comments can be carefully crafted in order to call external programs. This could allow an attacker to create a text file such that when it is opened arbitrary commands are executed. Users of VIM are advised to upgrade to these errata packages which have been patched to disable the usage of dangerous funtions in modelines. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-302.html http://www.guninski.com/vim1.html http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=103972417823566 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 6384 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1377 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6384 Bugtraq: 20040331 OpenLinux: vim arbitrary commands execution through modelines (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108077992208690&w=2 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:812 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000812 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-December/002948.html http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:012 http://www.guninski.com/vim1.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-297.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-302.html http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55700 XForce ISS Database: vim-modeline-command-execution(10835) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10835
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