[USN-5963-1] Vim vulnerabilities

[Nishit Majithia]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5963-1
March 20, 2023

vim vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Vim.

Software Description:
- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details:

It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing memory management
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-47024,
CVE-2023-0049, CVE-2023-0054, CVE-2023-0288, CVE-2023-0433)

It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing memory management   
operations. 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, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-0051)

It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing memory management   
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial    
of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1170, CVE-2023-1175)

It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing memory management   
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial    
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04
LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-1264)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.10:
  vim                             2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.2
  vim-athena                      2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.2
  vim-gtk3                        2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.2
  vim-nox                         2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.2
  vim-tiny                        2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  vim                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4
  vim-athena                      2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4
  vim-gtk                         2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4
  vim-gtk3                        2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4
  vim-nox                         2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4
  vim-tiny                        2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  vim                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.12
  vim-athena                      2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.12
  vim-gtk                         2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.12
  vim-gtk3                        2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.12
  vim-nox                         2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.12
  vim-tiny                        2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.12

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  vim                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.11
  vim-athena                      2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.11
  vim-gtk                         2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.11
  vim-gtk3                        2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.11
  vim-nox                         2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.11
  vim-tiny                        2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.11

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17
  vim-athena                      2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17
  vim-athena-py2                  2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17
  vim-gtk                         2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17
  vim-gtk-py2                     2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17
  vim-gtk3                        2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17
  vim-gtk3-py2                    2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17
  vim-nox                         2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17
  vim-nox-py2                     2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17
  vim-tiny                        2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  vim                             2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm7
  vim-athena                      2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm7
  vim-gtk                         2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm7
  vim-nox                         2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm7
  vim-tiny                        2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm7

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5963-1
  CVE-2022-47024, CVE-2023-0049, CVE-2023-0051, CVE-2023-0054,
  CVE-2023-0288, CVE-2023-0433, CVE-2023-1170, CVE-2023-1175,
  CVE-2023-1264

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.12
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.11
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