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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5507-1 Moderate: Vim Memory Handling Threats

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover Ubuntu 5507-2 security alert concerning various vulnerabilities in Vim, which may lead to potential arbitrary code execution risks.
Several security issues were fixed in Vim.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Vim.

Software Description:

- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details:

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An

attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the program to crash,

use unexpected values, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1968)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An

attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the corruption of

sensitive information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

(CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1942)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu moderate severity memory issue vim

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm10

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1942, CVE-2022-1968

July 08, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu moderate severity memory issue vim

Package Information

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