[USN-6452-1] Vim vulnerabilities

Fabian Toepfer fabian.toepfer at canonical.com
Wed Oct 25 16:58:03 UTC 2023


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6452-1
October 25, 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 divide by zero. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3896)

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-2023-4733, CVE-2023-4750)

It was discovered that Vim contained an arithmetic overflow. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10.
(CVE-2023-4734)

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. (CVE-2023-4735, CVE-2023-5344)

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 23.04 and Ubuntu
23.10. (CVE-2023-4738)

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
16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-4751)

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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04
LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4752, CVE-2023-5535)

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 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu
22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4781)

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.
(CVE-2023-5441)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   vim                             2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
   vim-athena                      2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
   vim-gtk3                        2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
   vim-nox                         2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
   vim-tiny                        2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
   xxd                             2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 23.04:
   vim                             2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2
   vim-athena                      2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2
   vim-gtk3                        2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2
   vim-nox                         2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2
   vim-tiny                        2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2
   xxd                             2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   vim                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
   vim-athena                      2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
   vim-gtk                         2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
   vim-gtk3                        2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
   vim-nox                         2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
   vim-tiny                        2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
   xxd                             2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   vim                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20
   vim-athena                      2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20
   vim-gtk                         2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20
   vim-gtk3                        2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20
   vim-nox                         2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20
   vim-tiny                        2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20
   xxd                             2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   vim                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6
   vim-athena                      2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6
   vim-gtk                         2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6
   vim-gtk3                        2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6
   vim-nox                         2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6
   vim-tiny                        2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6
   xxd                             2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm20
   vim-athena                      2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm20
   vim-gtk                         2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm20
   vim-gtk3                        2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm20
   vim-nox                         2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm20
   vim-tiny                        2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm20

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   vim                             2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm14
   vim-athena                      2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm14
   vim-gtk                         2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm14
   vim-nox                         2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm14
   vim-tiny                        2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm14

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6452-1
   CVE-2023-3896, CVE-2023-4733, CVE-2023-4734, CVE-2023-4735,
   CVE-2023-4738, CVE-2023-4750, CVE-2023-4751, CVE-2023-4752,
   CVE-2023-4781, CVE-2023-5344, CVE-2023-5441, CVE-2023-5535

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20

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