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
Source: USN-3139-1: Vim vulnerability
