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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58897
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0346
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2007:0346.

VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is a version of the vi editor.

An arbitrary command execution flaw was found in the way VIM processes
modelines. If a user with modelines enabled opened a text file containing
a carefully crafted modeline, arbitrary commands could be executed as the user
running VIM. (CVE-2007-2438)

Users of VIM are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue.

Please note: this issue did not affect VIM as distributed with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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-2007-0346.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.6

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-2438
1018035
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035
2007-0017
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
20070430 FLEA-2007-0014-1: vim
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded
20070513 OMG VIM VULN
http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html
20070823 vim editor duplicates / clarifications
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
23725
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725
25024
http://secunia.com/advisories/25024
25159
http://secunia.com/advisories/25159
25182
http://secunia.com/advisories/25182
25255
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
25367
http://secunia.com/advisories/25367
25432
http://secunia.com/advisories/25432
26653
http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
36250
http://osvdb.org/36250
ADV-2007-1599
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599
DSA-1364
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
MDKSA-2007:101
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101
RHSA-2007:0346
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html
SUSE-SR:2007:012
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html
USN-463-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1
[vim-dev] 20070426 feedkeys() allowed in sandbox
http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2
[vim-dev] 20070428 Re: feedkeys() allowed in sandbox
http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2
[vimannounce] 20070512 Stable Vim version 7.1 has been released
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
http://www.vim.org/news/news.php
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9876
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9876
vim-feedkeyswritefile-command-execution(34012)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012
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