Ubuntu Security Notice 5516-1 - It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the corruption of sensitive information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5516-1
July 13, 2022
vim vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Vim.
Software Description:
- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
Details:
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An
attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the corruption of
sensitive information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm11
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5516-1
CVE-2022-2000, CVE-2022-2207, CVE-2022-2210