Subject: [ASA-201707-19] gvim: arbitrary code execution

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201707-19
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Severity: High
Date    : 2017-07-18
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-11109
Package : gvim
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-347

Summary
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The package gvim before version 8.0.0722-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 8.0.0722-1.

# pacman -Syu "gvim>=8.0.0722-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 8.0.0722.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or
possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka -S)
file.

Impact
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An attacker is able to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user to
locally execute a specially crafted vim source file.

References
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https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/54773
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468492
https://www.mail-archive.com/vim_dev%40googlegroups.com/msg45274.html
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-11109