Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/30866e6c-3c6d-11dd-98c9-00163e000016.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
vim
vim-lite
vim-ruby
vim6
vim6-ruby
CVE-2008-2712
Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (2) zipplugin, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2008-2712 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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