news 28 Posted December 21, 2016 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: vim security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:2972-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html Issue date: 2016-12-21 CVE Names: CVE-2016-1248 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 3. Description: Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fix(es): * A vulnerability was found in vim in how certain modeline options were treated. An attacker could craft a file that, when opened in vim with modelines enabled, could execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the user running vim. (CVE-2016-1248) 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1398227 - CVE-2016-1248 vim: Lack of validation of values for few options results in code exection 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: vim-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.src.rpm i386: vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm x86_64: vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6): Source: vim-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.src.rpm x86_64: vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6): x86_64: vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6): Source: vim-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.src.rpm i386: vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm ppc64: vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm s390x: vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: vim-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.src.rpm i386: vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.i686.rpm x86_64: vim-X11-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.629-5.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7): Source: vim-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.src.rpm x86_64: vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7): Source: vim-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.src.rpm x86_64: vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7): x86_64: vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: vim-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.src.rpm aarch64: vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.aarch64.rpm ppc64: vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.ppc64le.rpm s390x: vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: vim-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.src.rpm x86_64: vim-X11-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-common-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-debuginfo-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-enhanced-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-filesystem-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm vim-minimal-7.4.160-1.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1248 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFYWh[censored]lSAg2UNWIIRAjN4AKCg5SQlY6DGCsdpIEXjakAu7LEH3gCfcNvR Qo2CwW2cSnay/xMmfvAFMFI= =MlRI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post