Ubuntu Security Notice USN-505-1
28th August, 2007
vim vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- vim
Details
Ulf Harnhammar discovered that vim does not properly sanitise the
"helptags_one()" function when running the "helptags" command.
By tricking a user into running a crafted help file, a remote attacker
could execute arbitrary code with the user's 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+1ubuntu7.2
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- vim 1:7.0-035+1ubuntu5.2
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- vim 1:6.4-006+2ubuntu6.1
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.