UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000382

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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000382

Summary:

Details: VIM version 8.0.1187 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a swap file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME].swp") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the vi binary.

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000382, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/31/15, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/31/1, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/vim_dev/sRT9BtjLWMk/MZyVYhshBwAJ, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000382