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SUSE: 2016:2938-1 Critical Update for vim Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey November 29, 2016
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Announcement resolving critical vulnerability in git command operation with steps for users.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for vim fixes the following security issues: - Fixed CVE-2016-1248, an arbitrary command execution vulnerability (bsc#1010685) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-vim-12862=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-vim-12862=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): gvim-7.2-8.17.1 vim-7.2-8.17.1 vim-base-7.2-8.17.1 vim-data-7.2-8.17.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): vim-debuginfo-7.2-8.17.1 vim-debugsource-7.2-8.17.1

References

#1010685

Cross- CVE-2016-1248

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1010685

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2938-1
Rating: important

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