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openSUSE Leap 42.1: 2016:2230-1 Critical: Vim Command Processing

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Calendar Grey December 4, 2016
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE upgrade resolves significant problem with vim command execution, impacting Leap 42.1 and 13.2 installations.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for vim fixes the following security issues:

- Fixed CVE-2016-1248 an arbitrary command execution vulnerability

(bsc#1010685)

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1391=1

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1391=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

gvim-7.4.326-8.1

gvim-debuginfo-7.4.326-8.1

vim-7.4.326-8.1

vim-debuginfo-7.4.326-8.1

vim-debugsource-7.4.326-8.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

vim-data-7.4.326-8.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

gvim-7.4.461.hg.6253-3.1

gvim-debuginfo-7.4.461.hg.6253-3.1

vim-7.4.461.hg.6253-3.1

vim-debuginfo-7.4.461.hg.6253-3.1

vim-debugsource-7.4.461.hg.6253-3.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):

vim-data-7.4.461.hg.6253-3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1248.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1010685

Severity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2992-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1 openSUSE 13.2 .

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