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Fedora 25: FEDORA-2017-595fec72ef Moderate: Vim Spell File Issue

The newest upstream commit, fixing CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-595fec72ef 2017-02-14 15:09:31.372660 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : vim Product : Fedora 25 Version : 8.0.324 Release : 1.fc25 URL : https://www.vim.org/ Summary : The VIM editor Description : VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features: multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: The newest upstream commit, fixing CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1421613 - CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421613 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade vim' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3704-1 resolves a vulnerability related to OpenSSL's certificate verification process.. Fedora Security Update, Vim Security Patch, Spell File Issue. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 14, 2017 Fedora