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PLSA-2008-30.txt

Posted on 25 August 2008
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-30 security@pardus.org.tr
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Date: 2008-08-25
Severity: 3
Type: Local
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Summary
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Insufficient sanitization can lead to Vim executing arbitrary commands
when performing keyword or tag lookup.


Description
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(This vulnerability discovered by Ben Schmidt)


Affected packages:

Pardus 2008:
vim, all before 7.2.002-44-11


Resolution
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There are update(s) for vim. You can update them via Package Manager or
with a single command from console:

pisi up vim

References
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* http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-K.html
* http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/browse_thread/thread/1434d0812b5c817e/6ad2d5b50a96668e

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Pınar Yanardağ
Pardus Security Team
http://security.pardus.org.tr


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