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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: USN-7048-1 critical: Vim denial of service

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Calendar Grey October 1, 2024
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Important patch for Ubuntu mitigating Vim vulnerabilities caused by erroneous input. Safeguard your system immediately.
Vim could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Vim could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details:

Suyue Guo discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when flushing the

typeahead buffer, leading to heap-buffer-overflow. An attacker could

possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu heap overflow vim

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   vim                             2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   vim                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.19

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   vim                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.25

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   vim                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm10
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm25
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7048-1

  CVE-2024-43802

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7048-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu heap overflow vim

Package Information

 
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.19
 

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