Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-001
Advisory Release Date: 2021-10-26 02:25 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-10-27 00:24 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
A flaw was found in vim. A possible heap-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3778)
A use-after-free vulnerability in vim could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3796)
An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in vim's drawscreen.c win_redr_status() function. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user to open a crafted file with specific arguments in vim, triggering an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, and system availability. (CVE-2021-3872)
There's an out-of-bounds read flaw in Vim's ex_docmd.c. An attacker who is capable of tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file could trigger an out-of-bounds read on a memmove operation, potentially causing an impact to application availability. (CVE-2021-3875)
Affected Packages:
vim
Issue Correction:
Run yum update vim to update your system.
aarch64:
vim-X11-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-common-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-enhanced-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-enhanced-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-minimal-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-X11-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-minimal-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-debugsource-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-common-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.aarch64
noarch:
vim-default-editor-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.noarch
vim-filesystem-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.noarch
src:
vim-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.src
x86_64:
vim-X11-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-common-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-debugsource-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-minimal-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-minimal-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-enhanced-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-enhanced-debuginfo-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-X11-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-common-8.2.3512-1.amzn2022.x86_64