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Your Linux can get hacked just by opening a vile in Vim or Neovim editor

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    Kent Sharkey
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    The Hacker News[^]:

    If you haven't recently updated your Linux operating system, especially the command-line text editor utility, do not even try to view the content of a file using Vim or Neovim.

    :q!

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      The Hacker News[^]:

      If you haven't recently updated your Linux operating system, especially the command-line text editor utility, do not even try to view the content of a file using Vim or Neovim.

      :q!

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      Mark_Wallace
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      I'm not going to laugh. Really, I'm not. Like f**k!

      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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      • K Kent Sharkey

        The Hacker News[^]:

        If you haven't recently updated your Linux operating system, especially the command-line text editor utility, do not even try to view the content of a file using Vim or Neovim.

        :q!

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        Joe Woodbury
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        Apparently, text editors are the most dangerous software.

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        • K Kent Sharkey

          The Hacker News[^]:

          If you haven't recently updated your Linux operating system, especially the command-line text editor utility, do not even try to view the content of a file using Vim or Neovim.

          :q!

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          Deflinek
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          So much for "the most secure OS because opensource"... What I would like to know is for how long those feature were live with this vulnerability. That's the thing this article doesn't mention - for how long Linux servers were(are) vulnerable?

          -- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."

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