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Medium RLSA-2020:4453 1 CVE

Moderate: vim security update

Published Nov 3, 2020 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* vim: users can execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces in the rvim restricted mode (CVE-2019-20807)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 vim 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

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1745476
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842658