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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200301-13 |
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PACKAGE : vim vim-core gvim |
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SUMMARY : arbitrary code execution |
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DATE : 2003-01-22 11:48 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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- From advisory: |
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"Opening a specially crafted text file with vim can execute arbitrary shell |
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commands and pass parameters to them." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.guninski.com/vim1.html |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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affected versions of app-editors/{vim,vim-core,gvim} upgrade as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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If you are running app-editos/vim-core upgrade to vim-core-6.1-r4 : |
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emerge -u vim-core |
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If you are running app-editos/vim upgrade to vim-6.1-r19 : |
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emerge -u vim |
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If you are running app-editos/gvim upgrade to gvim-6.1-r6 : |
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emerge -u gvim |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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rphillips@g.o |
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