CVE-2007-2953
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: http://secunia.com/advisories/25941, http://secunia.com/advisories/26285, http://secunia.com/advisories/26522, http://secunia.com/advisories/26594, http://secunia.com/advisories/26653, http://secunia.com/advisories/26674, http://secunia.com/advisories/26822, http://secunia.com/advisories/32858, http://secunia.com/advisories/33410, http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904, ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039, http://secunia.com/advisories/25941, http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm, http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463
