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Mageia: 2020-0151 Critical: Vim Memory Access Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 31, 2020
Dist Mageia Esm H88
A revision to emacs libraries tackles a significant memory vulnerability in Mandriva platforms, bolstering defense.
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://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20079

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update vim mageia memory access issue

Resolution

SRPMS

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

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update vim mageia memory access issue

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