Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-505-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Ulf Harnhammar discovered that vim does not properly sanitise the "
helptags_one()"
function when running the "
helptags"
command.
By tricking a user into running a crafted help file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Affected
vim vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10 ,
Ubuntu 7.04
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-2953 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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