full-disclosure - [PLSA 2008-30] Vim: Arbitrary code execution

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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:47:45 +0300
From: Pınar Yanardağ <pinar@...dus.org.tr>
To: pardus-security@...dus.org.tr
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: [PLSA 2008-30] Vim: Arbitrary code execution

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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-30            security@...dus.org.tr
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       Date: 2008-08-25
   Severity: 3
       Type: Local
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Summary
=======

Insufficient sanitization can lead to Vim executing arbitrary  commands
when performing keyword or tag lookup.


Description
===========

(This vulnerability discovered by Ben Schmidt)


Affected packages:

   Pardus 2008:
     vim, all before 7.2.002-44-11


Resolution
==========

There are update(s) for vim. You can update them via Package Manager or
with a single command from console:

     pisi up vim

References
==========

   * http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-K.html
   * http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/browse_thread/thread/1434d0812b5c817e/6ad2d5b50a96668e

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-- 
Pınar Yanardağ
Pardus Security Team
http://security.pardus.org.tr


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