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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5723-1 Moderate: Vim Denial of Service Threats

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
To fix vulnerabilities in Vim on Ubuntu, users should update their system repositories, upgrade Vim, check for patches, and monitor security advisories
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 could be made to crash when searching specially

crafted patterns. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim and

cause denial of service. (CVE-2022-1674)

It was discovered that there existed a NULL pointer dereference in Vim. An

attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service.

(CVE-2022-1725)

It was discovered that there existed a buffer over-read in Vim when

searching specially crafted patterns. An attacker could possibly use this

to crash Vim and cause denial of service. (CVE-2022-2124)

It was discovered that there existed a heap buffer overflow in Vim when

auto-indenting lisp. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim and

cause denial of service. (CVE-2022-2125)

It was discovered that there existed an out of bounds read in Vim when

performing spelling suggestions. An att...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue update buffer overflow 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+esm13
vim-athena 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-athena-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-gnome 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-gnome-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-gtk 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-gtk-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-gtk3 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-gtk3-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-nox 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-nox-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13
vim-tiny 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5723-1

CVE-2022-1674, CVE-2022-1725, CVE-2022-2124, CVE-2022-2125,

CVE-2022-2126, CVE-2022-2175, CVE-2022-2183, CVE-2022-2206,

CVE-2022-2304

November 14, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue update buffer overflow Ubuntu Vim

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