Package : vim
Vulnerability : several
Problem-Type : local(remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2007-2438 CVE-2007-2953
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the vim editor. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2007-2953
Ulf Harnhammar discovered that a format string flaw in helptags_one() from
src/ex_cmds.c (triggered through the "helptags" command) can lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2007-2438
Editors often provide a way to embed editor configuration commands (aka
modelines) which are executed once a file is opened. Harmful commands
are filtered by a sandbox mechanism. It was discovered that function
calls to writefile(), feedkeys() and system() were not filtered, allowing
shell command execution with a carefully crafted file opened in vim.
For the oldstable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 6.3-071+1sarge2. Sarge is not affected by CVE-2007-2438.
For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed
in version 7.0-122+1etch3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 7.1-056+1.
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