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Mageia: 2021-0545 moderate: Vim Heap-Based Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey December 8, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia 2021-0545 resolves a severe security vulnerability in vim impacting version 8. Comprehensive update notes and links for further information are included.
heap-based buffer overflow in find_help_tags() in src/help.c References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29730 - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-an...

Summary

heap-based buffer overflow in find_help_tags() in src/help.c

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29730

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/DRPAI5JVZLI7WHWSBR6NWAPBQAYUQREW/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update security fix vim Mageia heap-based

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/vim-8.2.3717-1.mga8

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 08 Dec 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0545.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-4019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update security fix vim Mageia heap-based

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