First published: Tue Oct 31 2017(Updated: )
VIM version 8.0.1187 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a swap file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME].swp") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the vi binary.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Vim Vim | <=8.0.1187 |
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