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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59193
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-505-1 (vim)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to vim
announced via advisory USN-505-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

Details follow:

Ulf Harnhammar discovered that vim does not properly sanitise the
helptags_one() 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.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
vim 1:6.4-006+2ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 6.10:
vim 1:7.0-035+1ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 7.04:
vim 1:7.0-164+1ubuntu7.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-505-1

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-2953
BugTraq ID: 25095
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095
Bugtraq: 20070730 FLEA-2007-0036-1 vim vim-minimal gvim (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded
Bugtraq: 20090401 VMSA-2009-0004 ESX Service Console updates for openssl, bind, and vim (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1364 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25941
http://secunia.com/advisories/26285
http://secunia.com/advisories/26522
http://secunia.com/advisories/26594
http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:018 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904
XForce ISS Database: vim-helptagsone-code-execution(35655)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655
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