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amazonAmazonALAS-2019-1239
HistoryJul 17, 2019 - 11:30 p.m.

Important: vim

2019-07-1723:30:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
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9.3 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

8.6 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

74.1%

Issue Overview:

It was found that the :source! command was not restricted by the sandbox mode. If modeline was explicitly enabled, opening a specially crafted text file in vim could result in arbitrary command execution. (CVE-2019-12735)

Affected Packages:

vim

Issue Correction:
Run yum update ‘vim*’ to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    vim-filesystem-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.i686  
    vim-enhanced-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.i686  
    vim-common-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.i686  
    vim-minimal-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.i686  
    vim-debuginfo-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    vim-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    vim-debuginfo-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.x86_64  
    vim-minimal-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.x86_64  
    vim-common-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.x86_64  
    vim-filesystem-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.x86_64  
    vim-enhanced-8.0.0503-1.46.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-12735

Mitre: CVE-2019-12735

9.3 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

8.6 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

74.1%