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Unscored RHSA-2020:4453 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Fixed packages 18

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-common 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-common-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-debugsource 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-enhanced 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-enhanced-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-filesystem 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-minimal-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-X11 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream vim-X11-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos vim 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos vim-common-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos vim-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos vim-debugsource 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos vim-enhanced-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos vim-minimal 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos vim-minimal-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos vim-X11-debuginfo 2:8.0.1763-15.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    In Vim before 8.1.0881, users can circumvent the rvim restricted mode and execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting i…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1745476
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842658
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_4453.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20807
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20807
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20807