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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-5613-2: Moderate Vim Regression Fixed

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu addressed a minor issue in Vim related to USN-5613-1 on September 19, 2022, affecting Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and its derivatives.
USN-5613-1 caused a regression in Vim.

Summary

USN-5613-1 caused a regression in Vim.

Software Description:

- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details:

USN-5613-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Vim. Unfortunately that update failed

to include binary packages for some architectures. This update fixes that

regression.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing bounds checks

when executing spell suggestion commands. An attacker could possibly use

this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2022-0943)

It was discovered that Vim was using freed memory when dealing with

regular expressions through its old regular expression engine. If a user

were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could

crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve

code execution. (CVE-2022-1154)

It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing checks on name of

...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update ubuntu vim regression

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  vim                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.9

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5613-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5613-1

CVE-2022-0943, CVE-2022-1154, CVE-2022-1420, CVE-2022-1616,

CVE-2022-1619, CVE-2022-1620, CVE-2022-1621, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/1989973

September 19, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update ubuntu vim regression

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.9

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