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Fedora 40: vim 2025-48305c69ad Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey March 17, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora's vim editor receives security updates to fix critical data loss issue associated with custom zip files.
patchlevel 1202 Security fix for CVE-2025-29768

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:

patchlevel 1202 Security fix for CVE-2025-29768

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora vim patchlevel update CVE-2025-29768

Change Log

* Fri Mar 14 2025 Zdenek Dohnal - 2:9.1.1202-1 - patchlevel 1202 * Fri Mar 7 2025 Zdenek Dohnal - 2:9.1.1179-1 - patchlevel 1179

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2352418 - CVE-2025-29768 vim: Vim vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2352418

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-48305c69ad' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: vim
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 9.1.1202
Release: 1.fc40
URL: http://www.vim.org/
Summary: The VIM editor

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora vim patchlevel update CVE-2025-29768

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