USN-4016-2: Neovim vulnerability
Neovim vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
Summary
Neovim could be made to run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
- neovim – heavily refactored vim fork
Details
It was discovered that Neovim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12735)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- neovim – 0.3.4-1ubuntu0.19.04.1
- neovim-runtime – 0.3.4-1ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.10
- neovim – 0.3.1-1ubuntu0.1
- neovim-runtime – 0.3.1-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-4016-2: Neovim vulnerability
