USN-6195-1: Vim vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Description

It was discovered that Vim contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0128) It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when freeing allocated memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0156) It was discovered that Vim contained a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0158) It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when recording and using select mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0393) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain memory operations during a visual block yank. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0407) It was discovered that Vim contained a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability when switching tabpages. An attacker could possible use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0696) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6195-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: vim-common – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-athena – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-tiny – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-gtk – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-gui-common – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-doc – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 xxd – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-runtime – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-gtk3 – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-nox – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-0128, CVE-2022-0156, CVE-2022-0158, CVE-2022-0393, CVE-2022-0407, CVE-2022-0696.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 1.22.0
• Jammy Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.179
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• CF Deployment
  • All versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.179

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• cflinuxfs4
  • Upgrade all versions to 1.22.0 or greater
• Jammy Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.179 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• CF Deployment
  • For all versions, upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.179 or greater

History

2023-08-16: Initial vulnerability report published.