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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
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
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

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 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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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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