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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-9b2cf468d5
2017-02-27 17:43:32.845536
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Name        : vim
Product     : Fedora 24
Version     : 8.0.324
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, fixing CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not
validated properly when handling a spell file
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1421613 - CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421613
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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 2017-9b2cf468d5

February 27, 2017
The newest upstream commit, fixing CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file

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, fixing CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1421613 - CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421613

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 : 8.0.324
Release : 1.fc24
URL : https://www.vim.org/
Summary : The VIM editor

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