Advisories

Mandriva Advisories

Package name vim Date August 21st, 2007 Advisory ID MDKSA-2007:168 Affected versions 2007.0, CS4.0, 2007.1 Synopsis Updated vim packages fix vulnerability

Problem Description

A format string vulnerability in the helptags support in vim allows
user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format
string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2007

 4df32e9d14fec452d86a7c287e2c5a6b  2007.0/i586/vim-X11-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 e23ccd24386377b643be53e513a27a16  2007.0/i586/vim-common-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 8e3a12c770c364d4c2f93781a32c480a  2007.0/i586/vim-enhanced-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 892e4ce49c3ede2145a5588e1e2ef96a  2007.0/i586/vim-minimal-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 4312f54d280078742dc0edbd781cf9a9  2007.0/SRPMS/vim-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

 6c7f63287b2488e9f8a650719387953f  2007.0/x86_64/vim-X11-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 d77d8946bfa7b59c02e703dc33d93bdd  2007.0/x86_64/vim-common-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 8567e4977e444fb25bba9672a4e21f6e  2007.0/x86_64/vim-enhanced-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 05489f2fb7af81e0463edda47313a09a  2007.0/x86_64/vim-minimal-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 4312f54d280078742dc0edbd781cf9a9  2007.0/SRPMS/vim-7.0-16.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Corporate Server 4.0

 1f72bdb91cb922bd481a0807c02c6615  corporate/4.0/i586/vim-X11-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 5019a421fff7c4128a4752583626a7bd  corporate/4.0/i586/vim-common-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 b388e4639bfa4d0fa55547da188a8bbf  corporate/4.0/i586/vim-enhanced-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 e2b9ac79021d5c0c26392cad7eca01bc  corporate/4.0/i586/vim-minimal-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 204cb63a13ae22882d85762a0c978491  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/vim-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Corporate Server 4.0/X86_64

 ad146b31421a92d1d5ae9016aa19712e  corporate/4.0/x86_64/vim-X11-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 ee095f93cd613ec271bb59742b018ea5  corporate/4.0/x86_64/vim-common-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 502c543d2328f21ba4718dde2fb5671c  corporate/4.0/x86_64/vim-enhanced-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 8784c5496b674036f75d55d296f7f1a8  corporate/4.0/x86_64/vim-minimal-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 204cb63a13ae22882d85762a0c978491  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/vim-6.3-21.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1

 49f6595dc0c234c5e6a74577a3c3e1b1  2007.1/i586/vim-X11-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 591861822c799ecd326b5bc033bb0675  2007.1/i586/vim-common-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 2674fa0b9a74bc83639674303b80aed6  2007.1/i586/vim-enhanced-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 eb42f52b13e87cebf68cab82241c2b8e  2007.1/i586/vim-minimal-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 f42b56d6c68b33111c6ac849ac4ea9fc  2007.1/SRPMS/vim-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64

 e29b917280c5f713beece159ccab1a33  2007.1/x86_64/vim-X11-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 91f967b265bada8cbda25f4e5196e6d6  2007.1/x86_64/vim-common-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 2315edb118fb799109bf949cac578eb2  2007.1/x86_64/vim-enhanced-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 de69f95b501ab2f7343946c99fd5b3cb  2007.1/x86_64/vim-minimal-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 f42b56d6c68b33111c6ac849ac4ea9fc  2007.1/SRPMS/vim-7.0-16.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2953

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Verification

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