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Ubuntu 7.10: 712-1 Critical: Vim Input Flaws Allow Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Explore the Ubuntu 712-1 advisory which outlines vulnerabilities in Vim that potentially permit code execution due to lack of input sanitization.
Jan Minar discovered that Vim did not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions inside Vim scripts

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security advisory critical ubuntu vim code_execution input_flaw execute_command

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