Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting vim-minimal package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-VIMMINIMAL-1359209
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed31 Oct 2017

Introduced: 31 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-1000382  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 vim-minimal.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-minimal package and not the vim-minimal package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

VIM version 8.0.1187 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a swap file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME].swp") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the vi binary.