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Updated VIM packages are available for Fedora Linux 42 to fix two security issues:

Fedora 42 Update: vim-9.1.1552-1.fc42




[SECURITY] Fedora 42 Update: vim-9.1.1552-1.fc42


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2025-9395406660
2025-07-17 01:26:33.185604+00:00
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Name : vim
Product : Fedora 42
Version : 9.1.1552
Release : 1.fc42
URL : http://www.vim.org/
Summary : The VIM editor
Description :
VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the
vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is
still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features:
multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more.

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Update Information:

The newest upstream commit
Security fixes for CVE-2025-53906, CVE-2025-53905
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Jul 16 2025 Zdenek Dohnal [zdohnal@redhat.com] - 2:9.1.1552-1
- patchlevel 1552
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2380360 - CVE-2025-53906 vim: Vim path traversal
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2380360
[ 2 ] Bug #2380362 - CVE-2025-53905 vim: Vim path traversial
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2380362
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-9395406660' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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