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Debian: 202301-02 Critical: Emacs gEdit Header Injection Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2004
Scroller Gentoo
Enhancements in Vim and gVim for modeline configuration vulnerabilities are vital for Gentoo users to reduce user privilege risks and strengthen system security
Several vulnerabilities related to the use of options in modelines have been found and fixed in Vim

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-10 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Vim, gVim: Vulnerable options in modelines Date: December 15, 2004 Bugs: #73715 ID: 200412-10

Synopsis ======= Several vulnerabilities related to the use of options in modelines have been found and fixed in Vim. They could potentially result in a local user escalating privileges.
Background ========= Vim is an efficient, highly configurable improved version of the classic 'vi' text editor. gVim is the GUI version of Vim.
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