USN-463-1: vim vulnerability

Releases

• 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 versions:

Ubuntu 7.04

• vim - 1:7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1

Ubuntu 6.10

• vim - 1:7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-2438