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Debian 8 DLA-1444-1 Critical: Vim-Syntastic Arbitrary Code Execution

debian lts
Calendar Grey July 26, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Urgent security patch released for vim-syntastic on Debian 8 to address potential vulnerabilities leading to unauthorized code execution.
CVE-2018-11319 The improper handling of search for configuration files might be exploited for arbitrary code execution via a malicious gcc plugin
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Summary


For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
3.5.0-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vim-syntastic 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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Package: vim-syntastic
Version: 3.5.0-1+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-11319

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