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Red Hat: RHSA-2019:1793-01 Important: vim Command Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat releases critical patch for vim, mitigating a potential command injection vulnerability. Discover the steps to resolve it.
An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support

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

Summary

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.
Security Fix(es):
* vim/neovim: ':source!' command allows arbitrary command execution via modelines (CVE-2019-12735)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update command execution security impact red hat enterprise linux vim

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12735 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.5):
Source: vim-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.src.rpm
x86_64: vim-common-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5):
x86_64: vim-X11-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5):
Source: vim-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.src.rpm
ppc64: vim-X11-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm vim-common-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x: vim-X11-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm vim-common-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-4.el7_5.1.s390x.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1793-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1793
Issue date: 2019-07-16

Topic

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update command execution security impact red hat enterprise linux vim

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - ppc64, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1718308 - CVE-2019-12735 vim/neovim: ':source!' command allows arbitrary command execution via modelines

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