{"id":"RLSA-2020:4453","summary":"Moderate: vim security update","details":"Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* vim: users can execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces in the rvim restricted mode (CVE-2019-20807)\n\nFor 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.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-05T02:00:11.536825Z","published":"2020-11-03T12:06:10Z","upstream":["CVE-2019-20807"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:4453"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1745476"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842658"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/vim?distro=rocky-linux-8-4-legacy&epoch=2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:8.0.1763-15.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2020:4453.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}