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Ubuntu 23.10 security advisory: USN-6698-1 critical vim DoS issue

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Calendar Grey March 18, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical: Ensure that your Vim installation is updated to patch a denial of service vulnerability impacting various Ubuntu versions.
Vim could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Vim could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details:

Zhen Zhou discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory. An

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

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   vim                             2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   vim                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.16

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   vim                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.22

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   vim                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm8

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm23

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   vim                             2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm16

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6698-1

  CVE-2024-22667

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6698-1

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