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Ubuntu 6.10 & 7.04 USN-463-1 Critical: Vim Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey May 22, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Brief USN-463-2 addresses a vulnerability in vim that permits unauthorized code execution via modelines.
Tomas Golembiovsky discovered that some vim commands were accidentally allowed in modelines

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security advisory code execution critical threat user privileges Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 vim issue

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-463-1 May 22, 2007

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security advisory code execution critical threat user privileges Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 vim issue

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