CVE-2007-2953 Affecting vim package, versions <1:7.1-056+1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
28.75% (97th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-VIM-314835
- published 31 Jul 2007
- disclosed 31 Jul 2007
Introduced: 31 Jul 2007
CVE-2007-2953 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
vim
to version 1:7.1-056+1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim
package and not the vim
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2953
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
- ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26285
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26522
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26594
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33410
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html