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Gentoo: GLSA-201706-26 Normal: Vim Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2017
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Gentoo GLSA-202310-15 discloses vulnerabilities in Emacs that could lead to unauthorized remote executions. Immediate updates are advised for safety.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Vim and gVim, the worst of which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Vim and gVim. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All Vim users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/vim-8.0.0386"
All gVim users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/gvim-8.0.0386"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5953 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5953 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-6349 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6349 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-6350 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6350

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Vim, gVim: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Date: June 22, 2017
Bugs: #609150, #611386
ID: 201706-26

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Vim and gVim, the worst of which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-editors/vim < 8.0.0386 >= 8.0.0386 2 app-editors/gvim < 8.0.0386 >= 8.0.0386 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted spell file using Vim or gVim, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.