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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7131-1 critical: Vim denial of service

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2024
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Certain versions of Ubuntu may experience crashes in Vim due to specially designed inputs. It's advised to upgrade your system to resolve this vulnerability.
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:

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when closing a

buffer, leading to use-after-free. If a user was tricked into opening a

specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to

a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Vim Ubuntu 24.10

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   vim                             2:9.1.0496-1ubuntu6.2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   vim                             2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.5

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   vim                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.21

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   vim                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.29

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   vim                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm11
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm26
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   vim                             2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm20
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7131-1

  CVE-2024-47814

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7131-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Vim Ubuntu 24.10

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.0496-1ubuntu6.2
 
 
 

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