An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: vim security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2016:2972-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2972.html
Issue date:        2016-12-21
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-1248 
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1. Summary:

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

3. Description:

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

* A vulnerability was found in vim in how certain modeline options were
treated. An attacker could craft a file that, when opened in vim with
modelines enabled, could execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the
user running vim. (CVE-2016-1248)

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1398227 - CVE-2016-1248 vim: Lack of validation of values for few options results in code exection

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:
vim-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.src.rpm

i386:
vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm

x86_64:
vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

Source:
vim-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.src.rpm

x86_64:
vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

x86_64:
vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
vim-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.src.rpm

i386:
vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm

ppc64:
vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm
vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
vim-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.src.rpm

i386:
vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm

x86_64:
vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):

Source:
vim-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.src.rpm

x86_64:
vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):

Source:
vim-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.src.rpm

x86_64:
vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):

x86_64:
vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
vim-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.src.rpm

aarch64:
vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm
vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm

ppc64:
vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm
vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
vim-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.src.rpm

x86_64:
vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm
vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1248
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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