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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-e9171a0c00
2017-03-03 17:05:35.018635
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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
Description :
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.

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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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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
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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

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 24: vim Security Update

March 3, 2017
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

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

Severity
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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