Ubuntu Update for vim vulnerability USN-505-1

Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-505-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Ulf Harnhammar discovered that vim does not properly sanitise the &quot helptags_one()&quot function when running the &quot helptags&quot command. By tricking a user into running a crafted help file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Affected
vim vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 6.10 , Ubuntu 7.04
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