MGASA-2020-0151 - Updated vim packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 01 Apr 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0151.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-20079

It was discovered that the autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before
8.1.2136 accesses freed memory (CVE-2019-20079).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26380
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4309-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20079

SRPMS:
- 7/core/vim-8.1.2136-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0151: vim security update

It was discovered that the autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before 8.1.2136 accesses freed memory (CVE-2019-20079)

Summary

It was discovered that the autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before 8.1.2136 accesses freed memory (CVE-2019-20079).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26380

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4309-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20079

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0151 - Updated vim packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/vim-8.1.2136-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 01 Apr 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0151.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-20079

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