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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6557-1 critical: Vim denial of service issues

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Calendar Grey December 14, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities have been resolved in the Vim editor across various versions of Ubuntu, requiring users to perform urgent updates.
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 dereference invalid memory. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04

LTS. (CVE-2022-1725)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to recurse infinitely. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1771)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds with a put

command. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04

LTS. (CVE-2022-1886)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An

attacker could possibly use t...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   vim                             2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
   vim-athena                      2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
   vim-gtk3                        2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
   vim-nox                         2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
   vim-tiny                        2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
   xxd                             2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 23.04:
   vim                             2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
   vim-athena                      2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
   vim-gtk3                        2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
   vim-nox                         2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
   vim-tiny                        2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
   xxd                             2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   vim                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
   vim-athena                      2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
   vim-gtk                         2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
   vim-gtk3                        2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
   vim-nox                         2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
   vim-tiny                        2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
   xxd                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   vim                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
   vim-athena                      2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
   vim-gtk                         2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
   vim-gtk3                        2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
   vim-nox                         2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
   vim-tiny                        2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
   xxd                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   vim                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
   vim-athena                      2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
   vim-gtk                         2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
   vim-gtk3                        2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
   vim-nox                         2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
   vim-tiny                        2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
   xxd                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
   vim-athena                      2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
   vim-gtk                         2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
   vim-gtk3                        2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
   vim-nox                         2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
   vim-tiny                        2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   vim                             2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
   vim-athena                      2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
   vim-gtk                         2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
   vim-nox                         2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
   vim-tiny                        2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6557-1

  CVE-2022-1725, CVE-2022-1771, CVE-2022-1886, CVE-2022-1897,

  CVE-2022-2000, CVE-2022-2042, CVE-2023-46246, CVE-2023-48231,

  CVE-2023-48232, CVE-2023-48233, CVE-2023-48234, CVE-2023-48235,

  CVE-2023-48236, CVE-2023-48237, CVE-2023-48706

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6557-1

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Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21

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