DSA-3722-1 vim -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-1248  

Florian Larysch and Bram Moolenaar discovered that vim, an enhanced vi editor, does not properly validate values for the filetype, syntax and keymap options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your vim packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3722-1 vim -- security update

Date Reported:
22 Nov 2016
Affected Packages:
vim
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-1248.
More information:

Florian Larysch and Bram Moolenaar discovered that vim, an enhanced vi editor, does not properly validate values for the filetype, syntax and keymap options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vim packages.