MGASA-2020-0082 - Updated vim and neovim packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 13 Feb 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0082.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-12735

Updated vim and neovim package fixes security vulnerability:

It was discovered that Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 did
not restrict the `:source!` command when executed in a sandbox. This
allows remote attackers to take advantage of the modeline feature to
inject arbitrary commands when a specially crafted file is opened
(CVE-2019-12735).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24929
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/2BMDSHTF754TITC6AQJPCS5IRIDMMIM7/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12735

SRPMS:
- 7/core/neovim-0.3.7-1.mga7
- 7/core/vim-8.1.1048-1.1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0082: vim and neovim security update

Updated vim and neovim package fixes security vulnerability: It was discovered that Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 did not restrict the `:source!` command when execut...

Summary

Updated vim and neovim package fixes security vulnerability:
It was discovered that Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 did not restrict the `:source!` command when executed in a sandbox. This allows remote attackers to take advantage of the modeline feature to inject arbitrary commands when a specially crafted file is opened (CVE-2019-12735).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24929

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/2BMDSHTF754TITC6AQJPCS5IRIDMMIM7/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12735

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0082 - Updated vim and neovim packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/neovim-0.3.7-1.mga7

- 7/core/vim-8.1.1048-1.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 13 Feb 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0082.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-12735

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