Ubuntu Security Notice 6195-1 - It was discovered that Vim contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when freeing allocated memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that Vim contained a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6195-1
July 03, 2023
vim vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Vim.
Software Description:
- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
Details:
It was discovered that Vim contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0128)
It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when freeing
allocated memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0156)
It was discovered that Vim contained a heap-based buffer overflow
vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0158)
It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when recording
and using select mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0393)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain memory operations
during a visual block yank. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0407)
It was discovered that Vim contained a NULL pointer dereference
vulnerability when switching tabpages. An attacker could possible use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0696)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9
vim-athena 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9
vim-gtk3 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9
vim-nox 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9
vim-tiny 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9
xxd 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6195-1
CVE-2022-0128, CVE-2022-0156, CVE-2022-0158, CVE-2022-0393,
CVE-2022-0407, CVE-2022-0696
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9