Bug#816441: vim: contents of encrypted file can be destroyed without correct password

Axel axst at users.sourceforge.net
Tue Mar 1 21:06:21 UTC 2016


Package: vim
Version: 2:7.4.488-7
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

if an encrypted file is opened using an incorrect password, the display does not reflect
the encrypted content, but replacing or deleting what is shown will result in the original
content being lost.

-- Package-specific info:

--- real paths of main Vim binaries ---
/usr/bin/vi is /usr/bin/vim.basic
/usr/bin/vim is /usr/bin/vim.basic

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AX.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AX.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii  libacl1      2.2.52-2
ii  libc6        2.19-18+deb8u3
ii  libgpm2      1.20.4-6.1+b2
ii  libselinux1  2.3-2
ii  libtinfo5    5.9+20140913-1+b1
ii  vim-common   2:7.4.488-7
ii  vim-runtime  2:7.4.488-7

vim recommends no packages.

Versions of packages vim suggests:
pn  ctags        <none>
pn  vim-doc      <none>
pn  vim-scripts  <none>

-- no debconf information



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