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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2022:0366 Moderate Vim Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey February 1, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.
Security Fix(es):
* vim: heap-based buffer overflow in win_redr_status() in drawscreen.c (CVE-2021-3872)
* vim: illegal memory access in find_start_brace() in cindent.c when C-indenting (CVE-2021-3984)
* vim: heap-based buffer overflow in find_help_tags() in help.c (CVE-2021-4019)
* vim: use-after-free in win_linetabsize() (CVE-2021-4192)
* vim: out-of-bound read in getvcol() (CVE-2021-4193)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact heap overflow memory access vim update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3872 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3984 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4019 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4192 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4193 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64: vim-X11-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.aarch64.rpm vim-X11-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.aarch64.rpm vim-common-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.aarch64.rpm vim-common-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.aarch64.rpm vim-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.aarch64.rpm vim-debugsource-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.aarch64.rpm vim-enhanced-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.aarch64.rpm vim-enhanced-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.aarch64.rpm vim-minimal-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.aarch64.rpm
noarch: vim-filesystem-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: vim-X11-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.ppc64le.rpm vim-X11-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.ppc64le.rpm vim-common-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.ppc64le.rpm vim-common-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.ppc64le.rpm vim-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.ppc64le.rpm vim-debugsource-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.ppc64le.rpm vim-enhanced-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.ppc64le.rpm vim-enhanced-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.ppc64le.rpm vim-minimal-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: vim-X11-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.s390x.rpm vim-X11-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.s390x.rpm vim-common-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.s390x.rpm vim-common-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.s390x.rpm vim-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.s390x.rpm vim-debugsource-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0366-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0366
Issue date: 2022-02-01

Topic

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact heap overflow memory access vim update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2016056 - CVE-2021-3872 vim: heap-based buffer overflow in win_redr_status() in drawscreen.c

2028122 - CVE-2021-3984 vim: illegal memory access in find_start_brace() in cindent.c when C-indenting

2028212 - CVE-2021-4019 vim: heap-based buffer overflow in find_help_tags() in help.c

2039685 - CVE-2021-4192 vim: use-after-free in win_linetabsize()

2039687 - CVE-2021-4193 vim: out-of-bound read in getvcol()

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