Upstream information

CVE-2007-2953 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 292433 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2007:018, published Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:00:00 +0000

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0	`vim-data-common >= 9.1.0111-1.2` `vim-small >= 9.1.0111-1.2`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 GA vim-data-common-9.1.0111-1.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1	`gvim >= 7.2-8.8` `vim >= 7.2-8.8` `vim-base >= 7.2-8.8` `vim-data >= 7.2-8.8`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA gvim-7.2-8.8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	`gvim >= 7.2-8.15.2` `vim >= 7.2-8.15.2` `vim-base >= 7.2-8.15.2` `vim-data >= 7.2-8.15.2`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA gvim-7.2-8.15.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	`gvim >= 7.2-8.15.2` `vim >= 7.2-8.15.2` `vim-base >= 7.2-8.15.2` `vim-data >= 7.2-8.15.2`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA gvim-7.2-8.15.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	`gvim >= 7.2-8.15.2` `vim >= 7.2-8.15.2` `vim-base >= 7.2-8.15.2` `vim-data >= 7.2-8.15.2`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA gvim-7.2-8.15.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed	`gvim >= 8.2.3408-1.2` `vim >= 8.2.3408-1.2` `vim-data >= 8.2.3408-1.2` `vim-data-common >= 8.2.3408-1.2` `vim-small >= 8.2.3408-1.2`	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11497

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:56:54 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 18:12:05 2024