USN-4016-2: Neovim vulnerability

Publication date

11 June 2019

Overview

Neovim could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • neovim - heavily refactored vim fork

Details

It was discovered that Neovim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12735)

It was discovered that Neovim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12735)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.04 disco neovim –  0.3.4-1ubuntu0.19.04.1
neovim-runtime –  0.3.4-1ubuntu0.19.04.1
18.10 cosmic neovim –  0.3.1-1ubuntu0.1
neovim-runtime –  0.3.1-1ubuntu0.1

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