SB2017022815 - Fedora 25 update for vim
Published: February 28, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6350)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when reading undo files. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted undo file, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6349)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An integer overflow at a u_read_undo memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0377, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.
3) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6349)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An integer overflow at a u_read_undo memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0377, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.