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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4261-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
August 03, 2018                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : vim-syntastic
CVE ID         : CVE-2018-11319

Enrico Zini discovered a vulnerability in Syntastic, an addon
module for the Vim editor that runs a file through external checkersand displays any resulting errors. Config files were looked up in the
current working directory which could result in arbitrary
shell code execution if a malformed source code file is opened.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.7.0-1+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your vim-syntastic packages.

For the detailed security status of vim-syntastic please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/vim-syntastic

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-4261-1: vim-syntastic security update

August 3, 2018
Enrico Zini discovered a vulnerability in Syntastic, an addon module for the Vim editor that runs a file through external checkers and displays any resulting errors

Summary

Enrico Zini discovered a vulnerability in Syntastic, an addon
module for the Vim editor that runs a file through external checkersand displays any resulting errors. Config files were looked up in the
current working directory which could result in arbitrary
shell code execution if a malformed source code file is opened.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.7.0-1+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your vim-syntastic packages.

For the detailed security status of vim-syntastic please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/vim-syntastic

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Severity
Package : vim-syntastic
CVE ID : CVE-2018-11319

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