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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58381
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:101 (vim)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to vim
announced via advisory MDKSA-2007:101.

A vulnerability in vim 7.0's modeline processing capabilities was
discovered where a user with modelines enabled could open a text file
containing a carefully crafted modeline, executing arbitrary commands
as the user running vim.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Affected: 2007.0, 2007.1

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2007:101

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.6

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-2438
BugTraq ID: 23725
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725
Bugtraq: 20070430 FLEA-2007-0014-1: vim (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1364 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178
http://osvdb.org/36250
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9876
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035
http://secunia.com/advisories/25024
http://secunia.com/advisories/25159
http://secunia.com/advisories/25182
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
http://secunia.com/advisories/25367
http://secunia.com/advisories/25432
http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:012 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1
http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599
XForce ISS Database: vim-feedkeyswritefile-command-execution(34012)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012
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