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openSUSE: 2023:2640-1 important: vim NULL pointer dereference

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2023
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Critical vim upgrade released, resolving several security vulnerabilities such as out-of-bounds access and null pointer dereferencing. Upgrade today!
This update for vim fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-2426: Fixed out-of-range pointer offset (bsc#1210996)

Description

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-2426: Fixed out-of-range pointer offset (bsc#1210996).

* CVE-2023-2609: Fixed NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1211256).

* CVE-2023-2610: Fixed integer overflow or wraparound (bsc#1211257).

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important NULL pointer SUSE vim update vim SUSE CaaS Platform out-of-range

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Important update use the SUSE recommended installation

methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-2640=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-2640=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-2640=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-2640=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-2640=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-2640=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-2640=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-2640=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2023-2640=1

* SUSE Linux...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (noarch)

* vim-data-common-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64)

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-small-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-debugsource-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-debuginfo-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (noarch)

* vim-data-common-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-small-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-debugsource-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-debuginfo-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* vim-small-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* gvim-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* gvim-debuginfo-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-debugsource-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-debuginfo-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* vim-data-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* vim-data-common-9.0.1572-150000.5.46.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher...

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References

* #1210996

* #1211256

* #1211257

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2426.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2609.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2610.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210996

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211256

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211257

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2640-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important NULL pointer SUSE vim update vim SUSE CaaS Platform out-of-range

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