Package name vim
Date May 9th, 2007
Advisory ID MDKSA-2007:101
Affected versions 2007.0, 2007.1

Problem Description

A vulnerability in vim 7.0's modeline processing capabilities was
discovered where a user with modelines enabled could open a text file
containing a carefully crafted modeline, executing arbitrary commands
as the user running vim.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2007

 193c5e6f9c4b7fbd883e756fd68e9d9c  2007.0/i586/vim-X11-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 22c359a9bb903b4971c26ef8d820dd8b  2007.0/i586/vim-common-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 78b297d07af026ba2ca661af576753dd  2007.0/i586/vim-enhanced-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 a308c0c95a8feeb08db2e3cd4655360c  2007.0/i586/vim-minimal-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 f18e2a622218e087cdd0a91d9ae0d53e  2007.0/SRPMS/vim-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

 f059a28a227db17faffd2f363b42117a  2007.0/x86_64/vim-X11-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 64d32a388460072e1508be8c945d8409  2007.0/x86_64/vim-common-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 aa8ce225cc3811dcb76047b65e3dd1c4  2007.0/x86_64/vim-enhanced-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 dedd42ccd0b0a1934991d911eab9cb0a  2007.0/x86_64/vim-minimal-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 f18e2a622218e087cdd0a91d9ae0d53e  2007.0/SRPMS/vim-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1

 ee17731cce031b58b290cf9a61c982c0  2007.1/i586/vim-X11-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 c3d2fd233ac1984af174fdad6c2b4be2  2007.1/i586/vim-common-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 5bf3f905abee7a585d5b11fb2c98b2e8  2007.1/i586/vim-enhanced-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 5138b4b2c511f7608f9db5503f14c6d1  2007.1/i586/vim-minimal-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 0f068f60ab76873471ebe0992ccc5ccd  2007.1/SRPMS/vim-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64

 890a4acc16d4b59e59b721f65686b4ef  2007.1/x86_64/vim-X11-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 e6498971d58c5fc3fbe6aac03f0ae0fe  2007.1/x86_64/vim-common-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 0b4f61e8c8848a10d67a822b04bea7bd  2007.1/x86_64/vim-enhanced-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 0776ae51087370ec5ebce9c0996ed5e8  2007.1/x86_64/vim-minimal-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 0f068f60ab76873471ebe0992ccc5ccd  2007.1/SRPMS/vim-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2438

Upgrade

To upgrade automatically, use MandrivaUpdate.


Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

		rpm --checksig package.rpm
		

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.