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Red Hat Linux Updates: RHSA-2002:297-17 Critical Vim Command Risk

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2003
Dist Redhat Esm H88
To combat command execution vulnerabilities in vim on Red Hat Linux, implement key strategies to improve your system's security and resilience against attacks
Georgi Guninski found that these comments can be carefully crafted in order to call external programs

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 6.2:

SRPMS:


i386:





Red Hat Linux 7.0:

SRPMS:


i386:





Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:


i386:





Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:


i386:





ia64:





Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:


i386:





Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:


i386:







6. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name e9f881277e228d8fa236a62a4708c4cc 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/vim-6.1-18.6x.3.src.rpm 0e1ab8d86a448125d0d7ca46d4d03ce9 6.2/en/os/i386/vim-X11-6.1-18.6x.3.i386.rpm f591194bc8b067e9b17c128f41438c9c 6.2/en/os/i386/vim-common-6.1-18.6x.3.i386.rpm 2ffa90ad19b84cea780fbf97ba7f041e 6.2/en/os/i386/vim-enhanced-6.1-18.6x.3.i386.rpm cb3efa24eb8918f84d01102389e46c75 6.2/en/os/i386/vim-minimal-6.1-18.6x.3.i386.rpm 4577eb89b6c01717928cbbba1e8e8d1f 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/vim-6.1-18.7x.2.src.rpm 1ec98d3dae05d1b054130e39763ea992 7.0/en/os/i386/vim-X11-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 90ec6d2b9129dfce14b7cec28b01a155 7.0/en/os/i386/vim-common-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 732a4a8c7e45a24dab4713582ecdd197 7.0/en/os/i386/vim-enhanced-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm e310b4b5a4fc1fc17d6e7389b0093c44 7.0/en/os/i386/vim-minimal-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 4577eb89b6c01717928cbbba1e8e8d1f 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/vim-6.1-18.7x.2.src.rpm 1ec98d3dae05d1b054130e39763ea992 7.1/en/os/i386/vim-X11-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 90ec6d2b9129dfce14b7cec28b01a155 7.1/en/os/i386/vim-common-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 732a4a8c7e45a24dab4713582ecdd197 7.1/en/os/i386/vim-enhanced-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm e310b4b5a4fc1fc17d6e7389b0093c44 7.1/en/os/i386/vim-minimal-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 4577eb89b6c01717928cbbba1e8e8d1f 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/vim-6.1-18.7x.2.src.rpm 1ec98d3dae05d1b054130e39763ea992 7.2/en/os/i386/vim-X11-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 90ec6d2b9129dfce14b7cec28b01a155 7.2/en/os/i386/vim-common-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 732a4a8c7e45a24dab4713582ecdd197 7.2/en/os/i386/vim-enhanced-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm e310b4b5a4fc1fc17d6e7389b0093c44 7.2/en/os/i386/vim-minimal-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm b0f8f9b715b76081f9eb6cfa8be4d66b 7.2/en/os/ia64/vim-X11-6.1-18.7x.2.ia64.rpm dde9fb8c41834ed2851e625baf8021fe 7.2/en/os/ia64/vim-common-6.1-18.7x.2.ia64.rpm 7d99e5d8c7acbee0e76c46d094a7c8a7 7.2/en/os/ia64/vim-enhanced-6.1-18.7x.2.ia64.rpm 2fe4f373692275e58f692c89f04bacaa 7.2/en/os/ia64/vim-minimal-6.1-18.7x.2.ia64.rpm 4577eb89b6c01717928cbbba1e8e8d1f 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/vim-6.1-18.7x.2.src.rpm 1ec98d3dae05d1b054130e39763ea992 7.3/en/os/i386/vim-X11-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 90ec6d2b9129dfce14b7cec28b01a155 7.3/en/os/i386/vim-common-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 732a4a8c7e45a24dab4713582ecdd197 7.3/en/os/i386/vim-enhanced-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm e310b4b5a4fc1fc17d6e7389b0093c44 7.3/en/os/i386/vim-minimal-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm 7662f8b82c03dc12af971abc7eec166c 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/vim-6.1-18.8x.1.src.rpm 0b19e93621c1a3bc34d8cbff32409c5b 8.0/en/os/i386/vim-X11-6.1-18.8x.1.i386.rpm 290188637a0f61a80e39954c9e8f3850 8.0/en/os/i386/vim-common-6.1-18.8x.1.i386.rpm 48a8bdfe8a6460c2f0498275f813dc97 8.0/en/os/i386/vim-enhanced-6.1-18.8x.1.i386.rpm da89d37820bc1441f51310ca93edf62a 8.0/en/os/i386/vim-minimal-6.1-18.8x.1.i386.rpm


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at About

You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm --checksig -v

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:

md5sum


Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Linux critical command execution software fix vim update modeline issue

References

Some vim problems, yet still vim much better than windows http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=103972417823566 CVE -CVE-2002-1377

Package List


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2002:297-17
Issue date: 2003-01-16
Updated on: 2003-01-15
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: vim modeline security
Cross references:
Obsoletes: RHEA-2002:017

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Linux critical command execution software fix vim update modeline issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386

Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386

Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386

Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386

Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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