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Fedora 24: FEDORA-2017-e9171a0c00 critical: vim integer overflow

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 24 introduces an essential update to vim, targeting critical integer overflow issues. Discover the resolution details today!
The newest upstream commit, CVE-2017-6350 vim: Integer overflow at an unserialize_uep memory allocation site, CVE-2017-6349 vim: Integer overflow at a u_read_undo memory allocation...

Summary

VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the

vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is

still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features:

multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more.

Update Information:

The newest upstream commit, CVE-2017-6350 vim: Integer overflow at an unserialize_uep memory allocation site, CVE-2017-6349 vim: Integer overflow at a u_read_undo memory allocation site

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora update vulnerability integer overflow vim

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1427944 - CVE-2017-6349 vim: Integer overflow at a u_read_undo memory allocation site https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427944 [ 2 ] Bug #1427945 - CVE-2017-6350 vim: Integer overflow at an unserialize_uep memory allocation site https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427945

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade vim' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: vim
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 8.0.386
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://www.vim.org/
Summary: The VIM editor

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora update vulnerability integer overflow vim

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