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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5516-1 Moderate Vulnerability in Vim Memory Handling

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Calendar Grey July 13, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security flaws identified in Vim impact Ubuntu 16.04, creating risks of system crashes and memory leaks. Ensure you update for safety.
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 corruption of

sensitive information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code execution memory access information disclosure ubuntu 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+esm11

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5516-1

CVE-2022-2000, CVE-2022-2207, CVE-2022-2210

July 13, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code execution memory access information disclosure ubuntu vim

Package Information

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