Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for vim. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for vim
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32863
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32863/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13653/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for vim. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA25941
SA30731
SA31592
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2008-0580:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25941:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25941/
SA30731:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30731/
SA31592:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31592/
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