Ubuntu Security Notice USN-463-1
22nd May, 2007
vim vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
Details
Tomas Golembiovsky discovered that some vim commands were accidentally
allowed in modelines. By tricking a user into opening a specially
crafted file in vim, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user
privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- vim 1:7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- vim 1:7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.