USN-3139-1: Vim vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3139-1

28th November, 2016

vim vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Vim could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially
crafted file.

Software description

vim
– Vi IMproved – enhanced vi editor

Details

Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly
validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An
attacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted
modelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 16.10:: vim-common

2:7.4.1829-1ubuntu2.1; vim-runtime

2:7.4.1829-1ubuntu2.1; vim-gui-common

2:7.4.1829-1ubuntu2.1; vim

2:7.4.1829-1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:: vim-common

2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2; vim-runtime

2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2; vim-gui-common

2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2; vim

2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:: vim-common

2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1; vim-runtime

2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1; vim-gui-common

2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1; vim

2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:: vim-common

2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2; vim-runtime

2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2; vim-gui-common

2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2; vim

2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to restart Vim to make
all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2016-1248

Source: USN-3139-1: Vim vulnerability

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