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openSUSE: 2023:3960-1 Critical: vim Memory Management Resolved

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Calendar Grey October 3, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest vim release tackles urgent security vulnerabilities, implementing key improvements and updates specifically tailored for SUSE Linux systems.
This update for vim fixes the following issues: Security fixes:

Description

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

Security fixes:

* CVE-2023-4733: Fixed use-after-free in function buflist_altfpos

(bsc#1215004).

* CVE-2023-4734: Fixed segmentation fault in function f_fullcommand

(bsc#1214925).

* CVE-2023-4735: Fixed out of bounds write in ops.c (bsc#1214924).

* CVE-2023-4738: Fixed heap buffer overflow in vim_regsub_both (bsc#1214922).

* CVE-2023-4752: Fixed heap use-after-free in function ins_compl_get_exp

(bsc#1215006).

* CVE-2023-4781: Fixed heap buffer overflow in function vim_regsub_both

(bsc#1215033).

Other fixes:

* Update to version 9.0 with patch level 1894, for the complete list of

changes see https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v9.0.1443...v9.0.1894

* Use app icons generated from vimlogo.eps in the source tarball; add higher

resolution icons of sizes 128x128, 256x256, and 512x512 as png sources

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow patch important vim openSUSE heap issues

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3955=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3955=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3955=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3955=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3955=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3955=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2023-3955=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-3955=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* vim-debuginfo-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* gvim-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-debugsource-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-small-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* gvim-debuginfo-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* vim-data-common-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-data-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (noarch)

* vim-data-common-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* vim-debuginfo-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-debugsource-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-small-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (noarch)

* vim-data-common-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* vim-debuginfo-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-debugsource-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

* vim-small-9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1

*...

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References

* #1214922

* #1214924

* #1214925

* #1215004

* #1215006

* #1215033

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4733.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4734.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4735.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4738.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4752.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4781.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214922

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214924

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214925

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215004

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215006

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215033

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
Rating: important

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