[USN-6557-1] Vim vulnerabilities
Fabian Toepfer
fabian.toepfer at canonical.com
Thu Dec 14 17:37:50 UTC 2023
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6557-1
December 14, 2023
vim vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
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 this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu
18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1897,
CVE-2022-2000)
It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory in the spell
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-2022-2042)
It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-46246, CVE-2023-48231)
It was discovered that Vim could be made to divide by zero. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 23.04 and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-48232)
It was discovered that Vim contained multiple arithmetic overflows. An
attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-48233, CVE-2023-48234, CVE-2023-48235, CVE-2023-48236,
CVE-2023-48237)
It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory in the
substitute 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, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-48706)
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
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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