Fedora 37: FEDORA-2023-e9c71abc95 Critical Updates for Vim Issues
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October 23, 2023
Security fix for CVE-2023-5535, CVE-2023-5441
Summary
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.
Update Information:
Security fix for CVE-2023-5535, CVE-2023-5441
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Oct 18 2023 Zdenek Dohnal
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2242926 - CVE-2023-5441 vim: NULL pointer dereference in screen_line() in src/screen.c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242926
[ 2 ] Bug #2244101 - CVE-2023-5535 vim: use after free
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244101
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-e9c71abc95' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html
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Name: vim
Product: Fedora 37
Version: 9.0.2048
Release: 1.fc37
URL: https://www.vim.org/
Summary: The VIM editor
Topics Covered
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