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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2098 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2019-08-06
Updated:
2019-08-06

RHBA-2019:2098 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

vim bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of vim are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Virtualization Host 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1377316 - [RFE] make _remote_ vim doing the right decisions about 'set background'
  • BZ - 1404257 - Vim syntax file for sshdconfig is missing newer keyword entries
  • BZ - 1563419 - Vim in RHEL 7 is older than VIM in RHEL 6 (Rebase)

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
x86_64
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ab6df26e35f86b5fb68560786eaf12e0579a38265ec57cdf43f7aad564659a38
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d8fa17dc83e64797d3440748ce763914323ad0a85e9e129905bc7a359ea737
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ee862b1a0f8144539c007489a912dcf5f9e4afd524f4f14e314d2bc8e79419b
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ddeaeba3bfdc5e181756fa4033065f08eab413d9d9c20843e6b643e3ab93b235
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3ebad5658eef83b3876ad4558d35fa7820b35d8f22e9fa064bd850566077f449
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 55c0ef238772465afbc437eed13e97526c34bb02ad7f671dd015791b1b340801

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
x86_64
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ab6df26e35f86b5fb68560786eaf12e0579a38265ec57cdf43f7aad564659a38
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d8fa17dc83e64797d3440748ce763914323ad0a85e9e129905bc7a359ea737
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ee862b1a0f8144539c007489a912dcf5f9e4afd524f4f14e314d2bc8e79419b
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ddeaeba3bfdc5e181756fa4033065f08eab413d9d9c20843e6b643e3ab93b235
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3ebad5658eef83b3876ad4558d35fa7820b35d8f22e9fa064bd850566077f449
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 55c0ef238772465afbc437eed13e97526c34bb02ad7f671dd015791b1b340801

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
x86_64
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ab6df26e35f86b5fb68560786eaf12e0579a38265ec57cdf43f7aad564659a38
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d8fa17dc83e64797d3440748ce763914323ad0a85e9e129905bc7a359ea737
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ee862b1a0f8144539c007489a912dcf5f9e4afd524f4f14e314d2bc8e79419b
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ddeaeba3bfdc5e181756fa4033065f08eab413d9d9c20843e6b643e3ab93b235
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3ebad5658eef83b3876ad4558d35fa7820b35d8f22e9fa064bd850566077f449
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 55c0ef238772465afbc437eed13e97526c34bb02ad7f671dd015791b1b340801

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
x86_64
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ab6df26e35f86b5fb68560786eaf12e0579a38265ec57cdf43f7aad564659a38
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d8fa17dc83e64797d3440748ce763914323ad0a85e9e129905bc7a359ea737
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ee862b1a0f8144539c007489a912dcf5f9e4afd524f4f14e314d2bc8e79419b
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ddeaeba3bfdc5e181756fa4033065f08eab413d9d9c20843e6b643e3ab93b235
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3ebad5658eef83b3876ad4558d35fa7820b35d8f22e9fa064bd850566077f449
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 55c0ef238772465afbc437eed13e97526c34bb02ad7f671dd015791b1b340801

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
s390x
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 17394fc8daa894e0e733027a7031b6797bbf2f3693fdabf555726cac9ce31c9e
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5abf082e4d9b86770c072064c589c36a72de4c1a441c34d74a8fabf0aed8007f
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7d598f93fb47a90372cbff9592047b11827a66aaa829003db0200a8ea92e9e6e
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3fc3634796df32af9b4e23122ce4ced26ff128f8c8d9356f2c385c197d4acde2
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 26a921bcacf0d70c94a912e7f1a989e0e43964791f15233e65c2d1009787e24a
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7bc98ad7c7189aabdfe4643184b95a882ff59bcafb1650313d13277056c35a71

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
ppc64
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: edeae4c0d7f52c901e7fab6e00a158ddcf5852f10bfe84ed2b8b68d684445e93
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 580e86c16bcb4c7b3ea46412626998565aedbd1d81a453dbd5f3935c42e07269
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 2e6ea70455cc493ddb0fba67758c605d613b9fdbd137be98f009e6191c46dc73
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 790d4cf15a65eae307258df849a7d80644f6d3d980c982517a85490211c13ff1
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 28725f203b8fa8d8a2b7d7b63c85162483d4d82a28afd7f683965795083c2e0b
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 0e0e590952bd411245cb73a2e9a8a5681314132aa029038ce5e6a01191c852e7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
x86_64
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ab6df26e35f86b5fb68560786eaf12e0579a38265ec57cdf43f7aad564659a38
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d8fa17dc83e64797d3440748ce763914323ad0a85e9e129905bc7a359ea737
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ee862b1a0f8144539c007489a912dcf5f9e4afd524f4f14e314d2bc8e79419b
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ee862b1a0f8144539c007489a912dcf5f9e4afd524f4f14e314d2bc8e79419b
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ddeaeba3bfdc5e181756fa4033065f08eab413d9d9c20843e6b643e3ab93b235
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3ebad5658eef83b3876ad4558d35fa7820b35d8f22e9fa064bd850566077f449
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 55c0ef238772465afbc437eed13e97526c34bb02ad7f671dd015791b1b340801

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
ppc64le
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d53a3d9f26c714a4351d81bf2a27b11ee853236f855a185464835b89c9d57234
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 4da576e175002a63e56a43e33ed8f331cfbe630cfb286a5b863e5107eff511b7
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1e91e2d420c9bb284f25c126a09ac07e4fda464a608f8fb0152a312ac3faf5ae
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8bba2828f9a082ac9ea3d199cade8bde34623668bd4d5e917d8f4d19c239a4b0
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 89541cbaf2c719f9980874e466ced6f176d2794111a0a1f82617100778ba6afe
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3d6f15b180007a244525bb43222a8487472a666291f78e27310509269d95d0df

Red Hat Virtualization Host 4 for RHEL 7

SRPM
x86_64
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d8fa17dc83e64797d3440748ce763914323ad0a85e9e129905bc7a359ea737
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ddeaeba3bfdc5e181756fa4033065f08eab413d9d9c20843e6b643e3ab93b235
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3ebad5658eef83b3876ad4558d35fa7820b35d8f22e9fa064bd850566077f449

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
s390x
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 17394fc8daa894e0e733027a7031b6797bbf2f3693fdabf555726cac9ce31c9e
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5abf082e4d9b86770c072064c589c36a72de4c1a441c34d74a8fabf0aed8007f
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7d598f93fb47a90372cbff9592047b11827a66aaa829003db0200a8ea92e9e6e
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3fc3634796df32af9b4e23122ce4ced26ff128f8c8d9356f2c385c197d4acde2
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 26a921bcacf0d70c94a912e7f1a989e0e43964791f15233e65c2d1009787e24a
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7bc98ad7c7189aabdfe4643184b95a882ff59bcafb1650313d13277056c35a71

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
ppc64
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: edeae4c0d7f52c901e7fab6e00a158ddcf5852f10bfe84ed2b8b68d684445e93
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 580e86c16bcb4c7b3ea46412626998565aedbd1d81a453dbd5f3935c42e07269
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 2e6ea70455cc493ddb0fba67758c605d613b9fdbd137be98f009e6191c46dc73
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 790d4cf15a65eae307258df849a7d80644f6d3d980c982517a85490211c13ff1
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 28725f203b8fa8d8a2b7d7b63c85162483d4d82a28afd7f683965795083c2e0b
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 0e0e590952bd411245cb73a2e9a8a5681314132aa029038ce5e6a01191c852e7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
vim-7.4.629-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1143da8dec71d5de656079fe14a0e285057465036673d7117e0f470d021dc12e
ppc64le
vim-X11-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d53a3d9f26c714a4351d81bf2a27b11ee853236f855a185464835b89c9d57234
vim-common-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 4da576e175002a63e56a43e33ed8f331cfbe630cfb286a5b863e5107eff511b7
vim-debuginfo-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1e91e2d420c9bb284f25c126a09ac07e4fda464a608f8fb0152a312ac3faf5ae
vim-enhanced-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8bba2828f9a082ac9ea3d199cade8bde34623668bd4d5e917d8f4d19c239a4b0
vim-filesystem-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 89541cbaf2c719f9980874e466ced6f176d2794111a0a1f82617100778ba6afe
vim-minimal-7.4.629-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3d6f15b180007a244525bb43222a8487472a666291f78e27310509269d95d0df

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