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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2022:0894-01 Moderate: Vim Heap Overflow

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8's vim security update addresses moderate severity vulnerabilities that threaten system integrity, urging users to update their systems for better security.
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 block_insert() in src/ops.c (CVE-2022-0261)
* vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in utf_head_off() in mbyte.c (CVE-2022-0318)
* vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in init_ccline() in ex_getln.c (CVE-2022-0359)
* vim: Illegal memory access when copying lines in visual mode leads to heap buffer overflow (CVE-2022-0361)
* vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in getexmodeline() in ex_getln.c (CVE-2022-0392)
* vim: Use after free in src/ex_cmds.c (CVE-2022-0413)
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 moderate buffer overflow heap overflow memory access red hat enterprise linux vim

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0261 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0318 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0359 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0361 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0392 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0413 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_5.12.aarch64.rpm vim-X11-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.aarch64.rpm vim-common-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.aarch64.rpm vim-common-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.aarch64.rpm vim-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.aarch64.rpm vim-debugsource-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.aarch64.rpm vim-enhanced-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.aarch64.rpm vim-enhanced-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.aarch64.rpm vim-minimal-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.aarch64.rpm
noarch: vim-filesystem-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: vim-X11-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.ppc64le.rpm vim-X11-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.ppc64le.rpm vim-common-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.ppc64le.rpm vim-common-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.ppc64le.rpm vim-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.ppc64le.rpm vim-debugsource-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.ppc64le.rpm vim-enhanced-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.ppc64le.rpm vim-enhanced-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.ppc64le.rpm vim-minimal-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: vim-X11-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.s390x.rpm vim-X11-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.s390x.rpm vim-common-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.s390x.rpm vim-common-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.s390x.rpm vim-debuginfo-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.s390x.rpm vim-debugsource-8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0894-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0894
Issue date: 2022-03-15

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 moderate buffer overflow heap overflow memory access red hat enterprise linux vim

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

2044607 - CVE-2022-0261 vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in block_insert() in src/ops.c

2045355 - CVE-2022-0318 vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in utf_head_off() in mbyte.c

2046479 - CVE-2022-0359 vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in init_ccline() in ex_getln.c

2048519 - CVE-2022-0413 vim: Use after free in src/ex_cmds.c

2049175 - CVE-2022-0392 vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in getexmodeline() in ex_getln.c

2050053 - CVE-2022-0361 vim: Illegal memory access when copying lines in visual mode leads to heap buffer overflow

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