CVE-2004-1138

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2004-12-15
Bugzilla:
1617374: CVE-2004-1138 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

VIM before 6.3 and gVim before 6.3 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a file containing a crafted modeline that is executed when the file is viewed using options such as (1) termcap, (2) printdevice, (3) titleold, (4) filetype, (5) syntax, (6) backupext, (7) keymap, (8) patchmode, or (9) langmenu.

Find out more about CVE-2004-1138 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (vim) RHSA-2005:010 2005-01-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (vim) RHSA-2005:036 2005-02-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (vim) RHSA-2005:010 2005-01-05

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