========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3139-1 November 29, 2016 vim vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Vim could be made run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor Details: Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An attacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted modelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.10: vim 2:7.4.1829-1ubuntu2.1 vim-common 2:7.4.1829-1ubuntu2.1 vim-gui-common 2:7.4.1829-1ubuntu2.1 vim-runtime 2:7.4.1829-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2 vim-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2 vim-gui-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2 vim-runtime 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1 vim-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1 vim-gui-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1 vim-runtime 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: vim 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2 vim-common 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2 vim-gui-common 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2 vim-runtime 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2 After a standard system update you need to restart Vim to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3139-1 CVE-2016-1248 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:7.4.1829-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.2 --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYPNGoAAoJEC8Jno0AXoH0GXoP/Rax/f1z2k5w0rx/QgbFzbCX t6vqVnXT+XPFW6PKQqi4yTTSdS3qKD4+db4Qpr/DNRrjUFmMVKrZ0CkquHDZtoK0 QS/+2p9u/KvGEFuUsDajfQobPctjNvdbJ/fv9je4axLB7aU9apBuQK18BNqL3NcQ OguR2SY0lkoPAkk7Q2EJ34HRVBDpzZuj25UE6QL4TvGjj3odmIvYtsf1aXhXWXHJ VUP82W/7aNNIaZYUteM68T64cHe3BWlcFY8yQ7rgY3+mADv2q8oSmz/Iu8e42iut 9wXC49QEqFrZPQ9t74vwRoxBO5gvfkLG/U3M//AlIjpugKVRkf9SXmEhSAPsB2bE yXuwaJJM92AzRiowBMRiybPlPJoUMwm2Wt8pgHwmBpKfElg/YcOjWHlIbeqIjXfW KQQtDmNK3wFOGV/XL4KN21I4j0SG9uaS1n/bvOhzrNkS/Bs+CCg+Kosg5g42CFmP ZXTmyAPHegsOTzog+tRNFgMgwKoxnI+DuEbXVqEutBwCgx3uuRmWiGOBZn3cTJef 2UlDXBLN2piTOa80oNO5oVkMwAVROgcGYFBmaYFf8jGax7MHRxZprjz5QNHXg7vv ApfS1/yQRUvffSV2PzHNpkFzgaXbxZRxpVgauT/pQRS6LpwfHjx8Bw4mM85i0R+9 qamasCq2fisSnOtM/kex =hTbV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK--