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Debian 7 Wheezy DLA-1030-1 Moderate: Vim Denial Of Service Fix

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Calendar Grey July 18, 2017
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Enhance your vim installations to address a denial of service vulnerability in Vim version 8.0 for Debian 7 Wheezy.
Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka -S) file
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Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
2:7.3.547-7+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your vim packages.

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

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James
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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: vim
Version: 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u4
CVE ID: CVE-2017-11109
Debian Bug: #867720

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