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Unscored RHSA-2008:0618 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as vim 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as vim-common 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as vim-enhanced 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as vim-minimal 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as vim-X11 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw vim 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw vim-common 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw vim-enhanced 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw vim-minimal 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw vim-X11 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es vim 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es vim-common 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es vim-enhanced 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es vim-minimal 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es vim-X11 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws vim 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws vim-common 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws vim-enhanced 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws vim-minimal 1:6.0-7.25
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws vim-X11 1:6.0-7.25

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-2712 Public exploit EPSS 15%

    Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim script…

    vim Debian
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-4101 Public exploit

    Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) exe…

    vim Debian

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451759
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461927
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0618.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2712
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2712
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2712
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4101
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4101
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4101