Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Ubuntu, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an error in Vim. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2687

Affected Products

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04

Solution

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS - Upgrade to vim 1:6.4-006+2ubuntu6.1
Ubuntu 6.10 - Upgrade to vim 1:7.0-035+1ubuntu5.2
Ubuntu 7.04 - Upgrade to vim 1:7.0-164+1ubuntu7.2

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3001
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1

ChangeLog

2007-08-29 : Initial release

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