| Descripción: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2008:0617.
Vim (Visual editor IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi
editor.
Several input sanitization flaws were found in Vim's keyword and tag
handling. If Vim looked up a document's maliciously crafted tag or keyword,
it was possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running Vim.
(CVE-2008-4101)
A heap-based overflow flaw was discovered in Vim's expansion of file name
patterns with shell wildcards. An attacker could create a specially-crafted
file or directory name that, when opened by Vim, caused the application to
crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-3432)
Several input sanitization flaws were found in various Vim system
functions. If a user opened a specially crafted file, it was possible to
execute arbitrary code as the user running Vim. (CVE-2008-2712)
Ulf Härnhammar, of Secunia Research, discovered a format string flaw in
Vim's help tag processor. If a user was tricked into executing the
helptags command on malicious data, arbitrary code could be executed with
the permissions of the user running Vim. (CVE-2007-2953)
All Vim users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.
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-2008-0617.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score:
9.3
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