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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2023.7511
USN-6557-1: Vim vulnerabilities
18 December 2023
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Vim
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2023-48706 CVE-2023-48237 CVE-2023-48236
CVE-2023-48235 CVE-2023-48234 CVE-2023-48233
CVE-2023-48232 CVE-2023-48231 CVE-2023-46246
CVE-2022-2042 CVE-2022-2000 CVE-2022-1897
CVE-2022-1886 CVE-2022-1771 CVE-2022-1725
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6557-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.8 CVE-2022-2042 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: Ubuntu
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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USN-6557-1: Vim vulnerabilities
14 December 2023
Several security issues were fixed in Vim.
Releases
o Ubuntu 23.10
o Ubuntu 23.04
o Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
o Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
o Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Packages
o 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
o vim - 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
o vim-athena - 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
o vim-gtk3 - 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
o vim-nox - 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
o vim-tiny - 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
o xxd - 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 23.04
o vim - 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
o vim-athena - 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
o vim-gtk3 - 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
o vim-nox - 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
o vim-tiny - 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
o xxd - 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 22.04
o vim - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
o vim-athena - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
o vim-gtk - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
o vim-gtk3 - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
o vim-nox - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
o vim-tiny - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
o xxd - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
Ubuntu 20.04
o vim - 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
o vim-athena - 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
o vim-gtk - 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
o vim-gtk3 - 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
o vim-nox - 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
o vim-tiny - 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
o xxd - 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
Ubuntu 18.04
o vim - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-athena - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-gtk - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-gtk3 - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-nox - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-tiny - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o xxd - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04
o vim - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-athena - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-gtk - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-gtk3 - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-nox - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-tiny - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
o vim - 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-athena - 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-gtk - 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-nox - 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o vim-tiny - 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2023-48706
o CVE-2023-48234
o CVE-2023-48231
o CVE-2023-46246
o CVE-2023-48235
o CVE-2022-1725
o CVE-2023-48232
o CVE-2022-2042
o CVE-2022-2000
o CVE-2022-1886
o CVE-2023-48233
o CVE-2023-48236
o CVE-2022-1771
o CVE-2022-1897
o CVE-2023-48237
Related notices
o USN-5723-1 : vim-athena, vim-doc, vim-gtk, vim-gtk3-py2, vim-gnome, vim,
vim-gnome-py2, vim-nox, vim-nox-py2, vim-runtime, vim-common, vim-gtk-py2,
vim-athena-py2, vim-gtk3, vim-gui-common, vim-tiny
o USN-5492-1 : vim-athena, vim-doc, vim-gtk, vim-gtk3-py2, vim-gnome, vim,
vim-gnome-py2, vim-nox, vim-nox-py2, vim-runtime, vim-common, vim-gtk-py2,
vim-athena-py2, vim-gtk3, vim-gui-common, vim-tiny
o USN-5516-1 : vim-athena, vim-doc, vim-gtk, vim-gtk3-py2, vim-gnome, vim,
vim-gnome-py2, vim-nox, vim-nox-py2, vim-runtime, vim-common, vim-gtk-py2,
vim-athena-py2, vim-gtk3, vim-gui-common, vim-tiny
o USN-5507-1 : vim-athena, vim-doc, vim-gtk, vim-gtk3-py2, vim-gnome, vim,
vim-gnome-py2, vim-nox, vim-nox-py2, vim-runtime, vim-common, vim-gtk-py2,
vim-athena-py2, vim-gtk3, vim-gui-common, vim-tiny
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